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Example sentences for "commends"

Lexicographically close words:
commendatory; commende; commended; commendeth; commending; commensal; commensalism; commensals; commensurability; commensurable
  1. For the characters, they are neither so many nor so various in Sophocles and Euripides, as in Shakespeare and Fletcher; only they are more adapted to those ends of tragedy which Aristotle commends to us, pity and terror.

  2. But, however the convictions of individuals here and there may be influenced, the process must be slow and secular which commends the hypothesis of Natural Evolution to the public mind.

  3. In presence of the observed facts, this solution commends itself strongly to the scientific mind.

  4. As such it commends itself to the common sense of observers.

  5. Micah Sterling, of the same place, commends to my notice Dr.

  6. Major Joseph Delafield, of New York, commends to my acquaintance Samuel S.

  7. His own tutor, Tavell, appears pleasantly enough in his verse, and he commends the head of his college, Dr.

  8. Byron commends Hodgson's verses, and encourages him to write; Hodgson recognizes in the Bards and Reviewers and the early cantos of Childe Harold the promise of Manfred and Cain.

  9. And if He commends the love which gives one's life for a friend, what, then, shall we say of that most burning and complete love which gave its life for its foe?

  10. Much I marvel at the words of this man, who commends an act as good and holy and religious, and then wants this holy act to be given up from bodily fear!

  11. The ostrich was much relished; Heliogabalus delighted in their brains, and Apicius especially commends them.

  12. I would not boast except in Him; for not he who commends himself is approved, but only he whom the Lord commends.

  13. It is this which reveals God's love and assures us of it; it is this by which God commends His own love to us.

  14. In his article he commends the second version as being more interesting than the first, and points to a change of movement from square to triple time, and to the melody which is superadded, as improvements.

  15. Public Library Kriehuber Berlioz Czerny Liszt Ernst A Matinee at Liszt's] The eminently pianistic quality of Liszt's original music commends it to every pianist.

  16. Fajardo recommends that more Jesuits be sent to the islands; he complains that the Dominicans are too ready to leave their work, but commends the Augustinians.

  17. Gaviria is somewhat overbearing in disposition, but Ribeyra commends his ability.

  18. But no man commends my blount Servant sir Cut.

  19. In this adventure the President commends the courage of one George Forrest, who, with seventeen arrows sticking into him and one shot through him, lived six or seven days.

  20. It is an abrupt transition from these homely scenes, which humor commends to our liking, to the chivalrous pageant unrolled for us in the "Conquest of Granada.

  21. Harrison commends the great silence used at the tables of the wiser sort, and generally throughout the realm, and likewise the moderate eating and drinking.

  22. GOD pronounces this woman blessed, and distinctly commends her for her deed.

  23. Notice the reason given by the person who commends himself, the effects of commendation on both parties, and the binding nature of the agreement.

  24. He commends the work to the attention of all who have an interest in the progress of theology, and are seeking a foundation for their faith less precarious than books however venerable.

  25. The account of his supposed canon hardly commends itself by inherent truthfulness or probability, though it is accepted by Ewald and Bleek.

  26. Jenkins spoke briefly on the many grounds of opposition to this movement, which in all respects commends itself as one of the greatest reforms of the age.

  27. Dionysius, the Roman historian and critic, praises Lysias for his grace; Cicero commends him for his subtlety; and Quintilian esteems him for his truthfulness.

  28. I do not speak of that patriotic character which commends the national debt, but of the financial principle on which the greenback was first issued.

  29. The uniform currency which they supply throughout the country commends them to our care.

  30. It commends itself every way to your faith, and your affections.

  31. Thus the gospel commends itself to my conscience and my heart, as “the gospel of the blessed God.

  32. I did my Lord, And I haue reason for it, Signior Anthonio Commends him to you Bass.

  33. Jesus commends him, saying that "he had done wisely" in cheating his principal, and advises his disciples to "make to them friends of the mammon of unrighteousness.

  34. Hee commends the pleasantnesse of the Countrey, where in the feasts of September, he retyred from Rome.

  35. Hee Commends the despising of vaine-glory, and silence.


  36. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "commends" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.