Example sentences for: plaudits

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  • More plaudits for Margaret Atwood's Victorian thriller Alias Grace: In the New York Times Book Review , Francine Prose compares the book to a 19 th -century novel, because of its "spooky plot twists" and "engrossing narrative."

  • "The finest Masterpiece Theatre movie ever made," says Owen Gleiberman ( Entertainment Weekly ). Other plaudits go to period-piece veteran Helena Bonham Carter and to the film's psychological richness.

  • Of course, Clinton deserves some plaudits for preserving Reaganism (this is his true legacy), but Reagan deserves the lion's share of the credit for turning the country, and the world, around.

  • John McCain, R-Ariz., are winning press plaudits for refusing to answer press questions about past private peccadilloes.

  • McGrath earns extra plaudits for suppressing his usual fondness for the fantastic: Asylum "is closer to Hardy than Poe," says Phil Baker in the London Times . (See the Random House site for excerpts from Asylum .)


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