How To Use Compliment In A Sentence

Katherine found herself smiling happily as if the compliment were directed at her own home.
Masters is happy to return the compliment. Times, Sunday Times
The second was rather less complimentary and said he was more non-League than World Cup winner.
You should take it as a compliment when I fall asleep in your company - it means I'm relaxed.
Not all the speakers have couched their sentiments in complimentary language, indeed, it is a fact which we citizens of the Empire would be foolish to ignore that important sections of opinion among our American friends and elsewhere are rather suspicious of the British Empire. The Empire In These Days

As a long-time B-list critic and junketeer, my conscience has long been inured to the petty scams of the Golden Globes voter shoving another complimentary cream puff into his craw. House of Scams and Fog, Or How to Break Into Your Own Apartment
As she pulled on a tan leather blouson, she eyed me warily, and I returned the compliment.
Crafted from the highest-quality spring steel I had, these shoes will compliment any office cube or trophy case.
It's a great compliment to the band that he came out of retirement to interview them.
He wasn't big on compliments, however when he did give them it was clear he meant them with all his heart.
Five runners-up will receive a beauty treatment and complimentary makeover.
If that sounds like a backhanded compliment, it is intended as a compliment nonetheless.
It's hard to be "tarred" with a neutral or complimentary label the sole purpose of which is to assign blanket characteristic behavior patterns to the recipient. Gringos and Euros and Canucks, oh boy
Offers of a complimentary drink or dessert were declined. Times, Sunday Times
Hugh succeeded in making this remark sound vaguely uncomplimentary. DOUBLE DECEIT
You, however, may refer to me in complimentary forms onlyâ€ ¦:) Think Progress » ThinkFast: May 4, 2006
attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity
Please give my compliments to the chef; the food was excellent.
Apparently, for free drinks between 5 and 7pm, read a small glass of champers and a complimentary pint.
She's always fishing for compliments about her looks.
If Mark's wearing a suit, that'll be a compliment to you!
Remember that the next time you find yourself enjoying compliments so much they take on the sound of a flapping cape. Christianity Today
Though each had written to me commendatory letters and telegrams that were far more generous than I could possibly deserve, yet neither ever expressed to me, verbally, any compliment beyond, “Well, so far, you seem to be doing alright.” Going Home to Glory
Hoping to make up for his infelicitous soup comment, Stan chimes in with his own compliments. The Search
Pinang, from the pinang or areca-palm, is the proper name of the island, but out of compliment to George IV. it was called Prince of Wales Island. The Golden Chersonese and the Way Thither
Possibly he has little complimentary sachets of shampoo and shower gel too.
Ask yourself what people tend to compliment you on the most.
The compliment was returned, and as Alexander Jardine describes "'exeunt' warriors," who did not again molest them, although they were heard all around the camp throughout the night. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland
So I learned that giving compliments is a great way to change the world! » What I Learned in December 2009 Strocel.com
There are others, not all of them quite so complimentary.
He'd been a perfect gentleman, lauding me with compliments, calling when he said he would.
Competitors, collaborators, those in complimentary fields with an overlapping client base, and folks who are totally outside your immediate world. Women Grow Business » 2009 » November
Please give my sincere compliments and a well deserved Bravo!
Guests have complimentary access to a gym, swimming pool and health club. The Sun
The treatments were truly indulgent and there were complimentary towels and refreshments served while I chilled out in the superb facilities. The Sun
You can also compliment your loved one on how smart he or she is.
Heidi has become quite a little "porker" ... privy to complimentary special search and rescue operations, Pop Tarts, Mocha coffee beans, as well as a free trip back to the glorious Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local
While my father remained in the garden, I sent my dutiful compliments to my mother, with inquiry after her health, by Shorey, whom I met accidentally upon the stairs; for none of the servants, except my gaoleress, dare to throw themselves in my way. Clarissa Harlowe
The 'minx' shook her curls, and flirted through the window with a handsome but ill-tempered looking man on a fine horse, who praised her 'golden locks,' as he called them; and oddly enough, when Melchior said that the man was a lout, and that the locks in question were corkscrewy carrot shavings, she only seemed to like the man and his compliments the more. In the Yule-Log Glow, Book II Christmas Tales from 'Round the World
While the word is not always used in disparagement, it is never used as a compliment except as a possible term of affection among close friends just as a close Alabama friend of mine might exclaim to this Alabama boy, "Bubba, you ole redneck, how are you? Good Friday in Oaxaca
The arch tastemaker meant it as a compliment, but barbed remarks and outright insults have dogged her throughout her career.
Everything was presented with great panache and evening meals were preceded by complimentary canapes and appetisers.
Sincere compliments from a coworker or a boss are nice, but outrageous flattery is often an attempt to draw you into a sociopath's snare. An Interview with Martha Stout
Although a skillful flatterer is a most delightful companion if you have him all to yourself, his taste becomes very doubtful when he takes to complimenting other people. Charles Dickens
Fleda, my dear," said Mrs. Evelyn, with that trembling tone of concealed ecstasy which always set every one of Fleda's nerves a-jarring "you may tell the gentlemen that they do not always know when they are making an unfelicitous compliment I never read what poets say about 'briny drops' and 'salt tears', without imagining the heroine immediately to be something like Lot's wife. Queechy, Volume II
Personally, I have been existentially flummoxed by those questions ever since my high school days in the late 70s, when I was "complimented" on my "white girl legs" and vilified for having "no ass". Alice Singleton: But Mr. Nivea, What if I Don't Have a Big Booty?: Well Kid, That's the (Moisturizing) Rub...
It was expected that a gentleman would pay a polite compliment to a lady of his acquaintance, but quite another matter to be seen to mean it.
In the current study, Dr. Maurer, together with Susan Delisle, NP, and the Healthcare Innovation and Technology Lab at Columbia University, found significant discrepancies between self-reported fatigue and actigraphy readings, suggesting that these readings provide complimentary and important information about the link between heart failure, sleep disorders and impairments in health-related quality of life that may be operative through anergia. PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories
To get through a single mouthful of the stuff is the biggest compliment you can pay it. Times, Sunday Times
It was also a compliment to the artists themselves.
Once there, they were treated to the sight and sound of the club's vice-chairman orchestrating the post-match analysis in a distinctly uncomplimentary manner.
I can share personal memories and in-jokes with him, and compliment him on his fine choice of tattoo.
Publius, the likes of you calling me classless and without a clue is a compliment. Waldo Jaquith - House Republicans: Muslims are teh evil!!!!11 Kaine caused 9/11! OMFG!!!one!!!
My phraseology was perhaps too colloquial and informal - I was trying to pay them a compliment for getting the story.
A woman who is so much exalted above what she can deserve, has reason to be terrified, were she to marry the complimenter (even could she suppose him so blinded by his passion as not to be absolutely insincere) to think of the height she must fall from in his opinion, when she has put it into his power to treat her but as what she is. Sir Charles Grandison
As soft as a blush when one is complimented, a pink hue with the warm sweetness of jasmine in a bottle that too is a blush colour yet is more romantic in tone, luminous in feel.
As this is her first exhibition, her eyes naturally light up when someone compliments an exhibit.
It's an enormous compliment to be told your work is something that's enjoyed and recommended to other folks.
I can live for two months on a good compliment. Mark Twain
The epistolary art is said to be especially feminine, and the novelists and essayists are full of compliments to the sex, which is alternately praised and objurgated, as man feels well or ill. Manners and Social Usages
Little compliments mean so much to me sometimes.
The new and improved line of attack is to dichotomize war opponents by, first, issuing the most back-handed of compliments to those who were anti-war all along – the unthreatening, marginalized “Michael Moore crowd.” Archive 2005-11-01
Zztop: If you call being bothered by bigotry "bitchiness" I'll take that as a compliment. Jamie Johnson: The Rising Cachet of Declining Wasps: Jamie Johnson
Well, I'm sure they'll be flattered to hear your compliment and congratulations.
It is reputed in Japanese culture that noisy eating is a compliment to the cook.
It's not only good karma and a nice thing to do - it's a compliment to the manager that you respect and appreciate his staff.
Don't you like hearing compliments on your stitchery?
There can be found a different class of drunk, swilling back copious amounts of G and T or champagne and stuffing their faces with complimentary food.
Sally Baker gave a complimentary nod as Tess reappeared from upstairs.
It's usually a backhanded compliment to say that the lighting is great, but in this case, it's the simple truth.
This is a compliment to the broad range of topics within this book, their readability, and the accessible format through which Case presents them.
I am secretly a ravenous animal for compliments
There's also little evidence of wobbling in the body, which can be a signature for roofless versions of normally hard-topped coupes, which is as much a compliment to the suspension as to the stiffness of the car as a whole. Stuff.co.nz - Stuff
To make this an extra special night out a complimentary glass of mulled wine and a mince pie will be served!
You will get a complimentary bottle of California wine and your service charge is waived in the Traveler.
I've legit never looked better, and never gotten so many compliments on my skin.
He stopped for a moment, coughed, got up, bade Anna give his respectful compliments to M. Braun, made a joke in Latin, bowed, and took his leave. Jean-Christophe Journey's End
In case the balky internet connection is insufficiently irritating, the hotel is also providing me USA Today on a complimentary basis.
Passengers willing to pay for a first-class ticket will still be able to eat hot food because complimentary food and drink will be served at their seats. Times, Sunday Times
Con had bought a bottle of red, his compliment to Lisa, the sophisticate in the family. MURDER SONG
I accept this Lucullan offering as a true compliment, and am not repelled by my host's proud description, but these reactions are contradictory. Cardiac
Peter Manso: erm, I was using "sprightly" as a compliment - as in, "energetic" etc. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
Then there's the wonderfully blue pool, two saunas, two steam rooms and two Jacuzzis, changing rooms steeped in aromatic unctions and potions, hair dryers, cozzie dryers, private showers and complimentary towels.
It is no compliment to be the stupidly idolised master of a dog whose instinct it is to idolise, but it is a very distinct tribute to be chosen as the friend and confidant of a philosophic cat who is wholly his own master and could easily choose another companion if he found such a one more agreeable and interesting. Archive 2010-01-01
He would not stoop to ask for any man's compliments, praises, flatteries; and he would be far above exacting them.
I was more inclined to view it as a compliment. Times, Sunday Times
It sold 55,000, and people started calling him the best rapper in Britain - a bit of a backhanded compliment, taking into account the whole suitcase-and-waterpistol state of British rap.
Here, guests can enjoy a variety of reading materials and complimentary refreshments.
managed a deprecating smile at the compliment
The best compliment I can give any restaurant is the one I give the Rosewater.
Culture+ members can apply for two VIP complimentary coffee passes online. Times, Sunday Times
Most people will be highly complimented if you don't interrupt them until they're through.
I can live for two months on a good compliment. Mark Twain , American writer .
I wore this combination to the combined 18th and 21st birtday celebrations this May just past; the older of the two plus another nephew complimented me on this combination; myself and their mother were the only ladies in dresses (my SIL dresses beautifully and doesn't give a hoot about what anyone else thinks). Fret Not
Incidentally, at least three people complimented me on the make-up and said I looked great and should do it more often.
I would like to compliment #2 for a most cromulent use of the word 'kowtow' Center for American Progress Action Fund
I don't really think he meant it as a backhanded compliment, but it was funny, all the same.
Oh don't worry - I'm not propositioning you on your wedding day, I'm just complimenting you and being honest.
So although I find the term MILF is an objectification that the feminist in me finds totally offensive, I'll admit if the term was ever thrown at me, I'd see it strangely as a much-needed compliment. Got MILF?
Souns like Matt madez menny frenz even in short lief, grate compliment tu him and tu yur reering uv him! Houston, - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Other parents came up afterwards to compliment her nerve and ability. Times, Sunday Times
If you have decided to be a strand style setter, enjoy the challenges, the hard work and the ultimate compliments and admiration for a style well designed.
a barbed compliment
Plus there's complimentary use of mountain bikes, kayaks and fishing equipment. Times, Sunday Times
He is inexperienced, arrogant, and his speaking leaves me thinking of a televangelist, which is not a compliment. Obama calls win 'very humbling'
The howdah, or seat which the Prince occupied, was of silver, embossed and gilt, having behind a place for a confidential servant, who waved the great chowry, or cow-tail, to keep off the flies; but who could also occasionally perform the task of spokesman, being well versed in all terms of flattery and compliment. The Surgeon's Daughter
You don't bother to say that you aren't fishing for compliments, that you really do mean it.
If a guest should stay eight times at any Oberoi Hotel, they are entitled to a complimentary stay for two nights at an Oberoi Resort.
You cannot pay him a bigger compliment than that. The Sun
I dare not compliment their pass-time, or rather kill-time, with the name of reading. Gothic Visions, Romantic Acoustics
'Does Mr. Gray realize what a great compliment he has paid me, a poor rustic, an untutored country girl, with a little knowledge about the bees and clover, and some cunning as to the tricks of breachy cattle? Four Canadian Highwaymen
Common complimentary gifts include plastic bags, ballpoint pens, pencils, writing pads, water bottles and paper cups.
It has also offered you a complimentary first class train journey for your troubles. Times, Sunday Times
If a compliment did get thrown your way, you either accepted it silently or downplayed it until it sounded more like an insult.
Free as in complimentary, gratis, buckshee, no payment, fee or charge required. Times, Sunday Times
Jude nodded and smiled confidently, even if he was slightly confused by Stephen's backhanded compliment.
I could only assume that it was predating some ovine parasites and it made me wonder whether this complimentary veterinarian service had ever been entered in the farmer's logbook of magpie crimes and misdemeanours. Country diary: Claxton, Norfolk
Every one was helpful and eager to practice their English, proud of their country, if not their politicians, always fishing for compliments.
It was actually a compliment to her as a hostess, that she had made her guest so comfortable and welcome.
Mrs. Dickinson, presently "coming up with" Rosamund's party, became absolutely "waggish" (the Dean's expression), and made Rosamund laugh with that almost helpless spontaneity which is the greatest compliment to a joke. In the Wilderness
Miner, "who advises me to" do the right thing by M'liss, "or intimates somewhat obscurely that he will" bust my crust for me, "which, though complimentary in its abstract expression of interest, and implying a taste for euphonism, evinces an innate coarseness which I fear may blunt his perceptions of delicate shades and Greek outlines. The Luck of Roaring Camp and Other Tales With Condensed Novels, Spanish and American Legends, and Earlier Papers
The judge was awarded €25,000 from the paper following uncomplimentary and libellous remarks about his telephonic habits.
WORDS OF SIMILAR SOUND: canvas (cloth) principle (rule) canvass (all meanings except _cloth_) principal (chief) capitol (a building) stationary (immovable) capital (all meanings except _building_) stationery (articles) counsel (advice or an adviser) miner (a workman) council (a body of persons) minor (under age) complement (a completing element) angel (a spiritual being) compliment (praise) angle (geometrical) 205. Practical Grammar and Composition
I smile politely and compliment her on her ‘ageless beauty’ and tell the rest of the ladies that I must retire to my room to do some studying for a midterm coming up.
Please give the cook my compliments on the wonderful food.
After half an hour's hard exercise, the dear creatures had remüé themselves into a perfect fureur, and the piece concluded by the ladies exposing that which is better felt than seen; and, in that state of nature, walked from the bottom of the theatre to the top where we were sitting on the grass, till they approached just by us, and then we complimented them in bowing, with all the honours of war. Voyage of H.M.S. Pandora Despatched to Arrest the Mutineers of the 'Bounty' in the South Seas, 1790-1791
She was the best thing about the show, which sounds like a backhanded compliment but isn't.
Ark "-- by which complimentary title the capacious boat devoted to the use of the juniors of the house was known -- lazily up on the tide towards The Willoughby Captains
Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love. Socrates
I suppose in the end, Pattaya did get a left-handed compliment.
Being maid of honour is a pretty cool job really, and my taffeta monstrosity got lots of polite compliments.
Other parents came up afterwards to compliment her nerve and ability. Times, Sunday Times
Ateneo Honeymoon and silver anniversary couples staying 5 nights or more receive dinner on arrival and a complimentary gondola ride.
He calls the Tonys "the Chamber of Commerce" of the stage business, but that's almost a compliment from a man who has rejected his "brain-dead liberal" past. LJWorld.com stories: News
Transportation : Scheduled complimentary shuttle bus service is provided between Macau Maritime Terminal and Pousada Marina Infante.
It was a double-edged compliment. Paul VI - The First Modern Pope
John had displayed their work well and received many compliments for his dedication and initiative.
Seeking to compliment AA's strengths, 25-R-diol was selected as the second powerhouse of this stack. Wil's Ebay E-Store
The former were very profuse in their compliments and thanks for what they termed our invaluable assistance; having tendered which they manifested a disposition to resume their former status on board. The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba
With my courtliest bow, in my best French, I made my compliments to her as if I had been accustomed to entering rooms in no other fashion. The Rose of Old St. Louis
Perhaps not surprisingly, their responses were wildly complimentary.
Had she but read Euphues, and forgotten that accursed mill and shieling-hill, it is my thought that her converse would be broidered with as many and as choice pearls of compliment, as that of the most rhetorical lady in the court of Feliciana. The Monastery
Times+ members can claim a complimentary ticket with each ticket purchased. Times, Sunday Times
She encouraged the Duke in his gallantries towards the fair stranger, and seemed to regard them as complimentary to herself. Quentin Durward
But the overall mood of the show is, by far, less chipper, which is a compliment, not a complaint. The Seattle Times
They had taken their leave of Maralynne and Chester, after a dish of ice cream each for dessert and about a dozen compliments for their hostess.
A complimentary comment about a recent survey ensured that colleague Michael joined me one sunny lunchtime.
In a way I look at the fact it was bootlegged as a compliment.
I received a look of awkward horror followed by some hasty compliments, an expression of surprise and the insistence that it was ‘very competitive’.
For so you must allow me to call you, after your being so kind as to send me so valuable and agreeable a present as your translation of Horace (490) -- I wish compliment had left any term uninvaded, Of which sincerity could make use without suspicion. The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 4
After surveying the "ongoings" from the safe point of a masthead, he came to the conclusion that the proceedings interested him no more, and with a dismal croak he flew off to the skeö, and, seating himself on the topmost point of its ruinous gable, commented in very uncomplimentary terms upon the ways of mankind. Viking Boys
Culture+ members can win two complimentary coffee passes online. Times, Sunday Times
My compliments on their effort in this tournament.
I then paid her the most extravagant compliments; her senseless chatting I described as unrestraint tempered by finesse, her pretentious exaggerations as a natural desire to please; was it her fault that she was poor? The Confession of a Child of the Century — Complete
I think being described as a lunatic is worthy of my wall of compliments Total Bollocks
He's really impressed and has been massively complimentary about my new-found svelte figure. The Sun
We hadn't even ordered when the waiter brought us complimentary glasses of decent champagne.
He compliments her food but surely anything would taste good after prison grub.
The backhanded compliment had made her blood rise with both embarrassment and a little bit of annoyance.
He criticized Bevin for lack of imagination - surely an inverted compliment given its implication of positive contributions in the past.
Being compared to Abba is a great compliment.
Two people compliment Palin, one person insults her, and the insult is the headline. Begala calls Palin 'about half a whack job'
The wifi is free and fast and complimentary local landline phone calls make booking a restaurant or theatre easy. The Sun
Try to see it as a compliment to your good nature as a team player. Times, Sunday Times
Con had bought a bottle of red, his compliment to Lisa, the sophisticate in the family. MURDER SONG
I say the shop assistant has just paid her one of the biggest compliments a woman can get. The Sun
So that when viewed from various angles they flash a color, and it's compliment, like the chatoyancy of a cat's eye. Madrigle Diary Entry
The supermarket operates a complimentary shuttle service.
His name emerged in a bubble rising out of the confusion, and with his name came a litany of his words: his compliments and his complaints, his warnings and his hopes. Music in The Night
Pay compliments and put your companion at ease. Times, Sunday Times
Most women choose panties that are pretty rather than cut to suit their figures and compliment the design of their clothing.
In a way it was a compliment that the Director was so keen to retain him that he was happy to pay him the salary of someone doing the job at least one grade above the actual day to day reality of the work.
The horsemen looking on with the keen anticipation of those about to be mightily entertained paid me the compliment of rapidly becoming bored.
I was embarrassed by their compliment.
Buried inside the compliment is the rejoinder that this wasn't always the case in the past.
A pairing is complimentary when they do no damage to each other. Quick Q&A with Jim Silver, General Manager, Peconic Bay Winery
We often get complimentary remarks regarding the cleanliness of our patio.
Then they returned the compliment by charging down a goal line clearance to reduce the deficit to 31-21.
If I thought that he was going to really want to be a-- a Nixon, and really run -- I say that complimentarily, someone who -- CNN Transcript Nov 19, 2008
complimentary tickets
They should mostly be complimentary, of course, but you might get the odd envious remark directed your way.
A complimentary shuttle bus drops skiers off at their digs.
It is normal business practice to provide complimentary tickets. The Sun
I was somewhat dismayed, but they all insisted it was a compliment to appear older than you are.
Following a brief orientation, and a complimentary photograph, you are supplied with wet suits, snorkels and masks.
While women are complimenting my courage for speaking from the heart, male fans are showering praises for the spunk I showed in taking on the high and mighty.
French, for its part, has its own glossary of words that are hardly complimentary to Anglo-Saxons capote anglaise condom Pardon my French
Something about Gran's tone suggested that this was only a backhanded compliment.
Juveniles can still be recognized because they have one-segmented tarsi, while adults have the two-segmented compliment. Insecta (Aquatic)
Water-skiing, windsurfing, kayaking, sail boating and snorkeling are complimentary on the entire Windstar line.
Use of snorkel gear - plus a generous selection of sailboards, kayaks, and small sailboats - is complimentary.
So, here's the best compliment I can pay Rian Johnson's debut film, Brick: my friend Hagay and I drove to Jerusalem an hour's drive, where the film was playing as part of the Jerusalem film festival, battled the city's unfamiliar streets and mid-day traffic, paid an exorbitant amount of money for a parking place that turned out to be a ten minute walk away from the cinematheque, and missed the film's first few minutes. Archive 2006-07-01
Most hotels are offering added value to customers in the form of complimentary room upgrades, treatments, facilities and services.
You're minutes from the central business district via our complimentary London taxi shuttle.
A few words flashed into her head, most uncomplimentary, some unrepeatable.
The widow smiled at the compliment and went back to work preparing a feast of turkey, ham, sweet potatoes, green beans, deviled eggs, pecan pie and iced tea, made sweet for her friends from Texas.
It may seem a left-handed compliment to say The Industry Standard was by far the best and most professional of this lot, but I mean it sincerely.
She looked slightly mollified by the compliment, but I could tell that it would be a long evening before my task was accomplished.
It is one of those foreign feathers, like intimism, intimity, femininity, distinction and distinguished (the last pair now banalities if anything was ever banal; so do extremes meet), in which writers of literary criticism love to parade, and which ordinary persons should do their best to pluck from them, protesting when there is a chance, and at all times refusing the compliment of imitation. Formations.
She paid me the double-edged compliment of saying my work was "excellent for a beginner".

How To Use Compliment In A Sentence

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