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Example sentences for "congratulate"

Lexicographically close words:
conglomerate; conglomerated; conglomerates; conglomeratic; conglomeration; congratulated; congratulates; congratulating; congratulation; congratulations
  1. We congratulate Mr. Newmark on his success, and wish him a brilliant career in his profession.

  2. The Los Angeles Star of that date, in fact, added a word of good fellowship: "We congratulate friend Newmark on the association.

  3. On behalf of the citizens of San Francisco, I congratulate Los Angeles, trusting that the benefit may be mutual.

  4. I suppose I ought to congratulate you, Honor.

  5. Waller assured me that Mr George Daniel had seen, and estimated at a guinea; and I regret this more than I congratulate myself on the acquisition of an unique folio MS.

  6. I thought that I discerned, for private connoisseurs as distinguished from great institutions like the British Museum, a radical error of judgment and policy here, and I congratulate myself on having avoided it.

  7. Her Majesty's Government congratulate Ceylon on completion of Contingent, which they accept with much pleasure, and highly appreciate patriotic and generous action of Legislative Council.

  8. However, as there was no use in bemoaning our reverses, we began to congratulate ourselves on having discovered the cause of them.

  9. Is it true that I am to congratulate you?

  10. I congratulate him on having become a practical man.

  11. Our friend Gloriani came, among others, to congratulate Roderick on his model and what he had made of her.

  12. I hope you will congratulate me on the simplicity of my tastes.

  13. Here is a dear cousin of mine arrived on purpose to congratulate you on your statuette.

  14. All the faculty came in, one after the other, to congratulate her.

  15. We knew it; no one else had a chance," and hurried to Polly to congratulate her.

  16. Felgate--I can't congratulate you on your deputies.

  17. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I congratulate you on the favorable circumstances in the condition of our country under which you reassemble for the performance of your official duties.

  18. Fellow-Citizens of the Senate and House of Representatives: I regret that I can not on this occasion congratulate you that the past year has been one of unalloyed prosperity.

  19. I congratulate you, my dear boy, and you can have the 'Gypsy' when you are ready.

  20. The bullet which preserves the perpendicular of my cabin-lamp is at last still, I congratulate myself; and with it my optic nerve resumes its proper and steady function.

  21. I congratulate you on the change in your appearance since you were last in this place.

  22. SIR,--I did not expect, after the affair of yesterday, the enemy would so soon have put it in my power to congratulate you upon another defeat of their troops by those which you have done me the honour to put under my command.

  23. I congratulate you upon the great progress made in the last thirty years.

  24. We congratulate you not only on the richness of the laurels which you have won, but on the dignity, the meekness, and the magnanimity with which these laurels have been worn.

  25. We congratulate you still more warmly on that nobility and benevolence of nature which made you from childhood the friend of the unhappy slave, and led you to accumulate unconsciously the materials for the immortal tale of Uncle Tom's Cabin.

  26. We congratulate you on the success of the chef-d'oeuvre of your genius, a success altogether unparalleled, and in all probability never to be paralleled in the history of literature.

  27. Not only does this prelate think that we should congratulate ourselves on the fact that while the lay population is decreasing the clerical population is increasing, but he thinks that Ireland should still furnish foreign missions.

  28. The prelate thinks that this is a matter for us to congratulate ourselves on.

  29. Pamela, on hearing the news, rushed down from London to congratulate Jean and her Biddy in person.

  30. Why hadn't he written to congratulate her on the fortune?

  31. You turned out to be that person, and I congratulate you, Miss Jardine, most heartily.

  32. My dear monsieur, I congratulate you upon a brilliant idea.

  33. We heartily congratulate Sir Richard Temple on producing a particularly pleasing book about Parliament.

  34. I went to congratulate the marriage of Mr. Godolphin with the Earl of Marlborough's daughter.

  35. Sir Francis North, son to the Lord North, and Lord Chief Justice, being made Lord Keeper on the death of the Earl of Nottingham, the Lord Chancellor, I went to congratulate him.

  36. Went to congratulate Lord Hyde (the great favorite) newly made Earl of Rochester, and lately marrying his eldest daughter to the Earl of Ossory.

  37. A most splendid embassy from Holland to congratulate the King and Queen on their accession to the crown.

  38. I went to congratulate the marriage of a daughter of Mr. Boscawen to the son of Sir Philip Meadows; she is niece to my Lord Godolphin, married at Lambeth by the Archbishop, 30th of August.

  39. To London, to accompany our Council who went in a body to congratulate the new Lord Treasurer, no friend to it because promoted by my Lord Arlington, whom he hated.

  40. I went to Bromley to visit our Bishop, and excellent neighbor, and to congratulate his now being made Archbishop of York.

  41. Rather congratulate me and my paper on having a friend at court.

  42. Watson," cried he with unwonted good humour, "you must really give your horses a rest and come in to have a glass of wine and to congratulate me.

  43. Congratulate me, my dear Holmes, and tell me that I have not disappointed you as an agent--that you do not regret the confidence which you showed in me when you sent me down.

  44. I congratulate you on your choice, Miss Valborg--and I congratulate the whole family on such a son-in-law.

  45. Now I am coming straight out to congratulate you, with my friend Jakobsen.

  46. I am fortunate to be able to be the first to congratulate you!

  47. I congratulate you on your discharge--and also on your determination to pay everything in full!

  48. I wish yer all good luck and I congratulate you youngsters that are getting awards.

  49. Even Mr. Temple smiled as he said, "Come over here, my young friend, and let me congratulate the only Eagle Scout at Temple Camp.

  50. I congratulate you, Alfred," said Mr. Temple, pleased at the ovation.

  51. Then Hervey shouted to him to come back, and shook hands with him and was the first to congratulate him on attaining to the dignity of second-class scout.

  52. With all my heart I congratulate you," he warmly responded.

  53. With all my heart I congratulate you, Morris.

  54. And for the selfsame thing, do you also rejoice and congratulate with me.

  55. Yea, and if I be made a victim upon the sacrifice and service of your faith, I rejoice and congratulate with you all.


  56. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "congratulate" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    bless; compliment; extol; feint; hail; pride; toast


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    congratulate myself; congratulate you; congratulated myself