Example sentences for: encomiums

How can you use “encomiums” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Roseanne's finale after nine seasons leaves reviewers unimpressed, but it occasions encomiums for the show's working-class grit.

  • Encomiums for the sitcom--which depicts the goings-on behind the scenes of a TV talk show--praise star and creator Garry Shandling's deadpan humor, the show's skewering of show biz, and its blurring of life and art with celebrity cameos (guests on the final episode include Jerry Seinfeld, Warren Beatty, and Jim Carrey).

  • The enthusiasm of the public for these volumes has increased exponentially with encomiums like, The best sea stories, and then, The best historical novels ever written.

  • "As improbable yet as irresistible as any beach book you may be hoarding" ( USA Today ). Encomiums for the show compare it to Law & Order and NYPD Blue , which "have made the '90s a golden era of TV crime dramas" (Howard Rosenberg, the Los Angeles Times ).

  • Book-club founder Oprah Winfrey wins even more encomiums for bringing "great art to the mainstream" (Caryn James, the New York Times ). Critics praise Winfrey for producing a miniseries based on Harlem Renaissance veteran Dorothy West's novel about an interracial relationship in the 1950s.


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