CONGRATULATIONS in a Sentence

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Some jurors even embraced the residents and congratulated lead plaintiffs' attorney George Chandler after the proceedings.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONGRATULATIONS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
congratulations
 n.  an expression of approval and commendation
Classic Sentence: (98 in 7 pages)
1  For Mrs. John Brooke, with the maker's congratulations and compliments.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR
2  Tell him so, with my congratulations.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE
3  Elizabeth received her congratulations amongst the rest, and then, sick of this folly, took refuge in her own room, that she might think with freedom.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 49
4  Bingley replied that he did, and made his congratulations.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 53
5  Elizabeth's congratulations were given with a sincerity, a warmth, a delight, which words could but poorly express.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 55
6  He begins with congratulations on the approaching nuptials of my eldest daughter, of which, it seems, he has been told by some of the good-natured, gossiping Lucases.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 57
7  I must trouble you once more for congratulations.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 60
8  Miss Bingley's congratulations to her brother, on his approaching marriage, were all that was affectionate and insincere.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 60
9  Before any answer could arrive from Mr. Collins, or any congratulations to Elizabeth from his wife, the Longbourn family heard that the Collinses were come themselves to Lucas Lodge.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 60
10  After a pause, they both heartily congratulated me; but there was a certain touch of sadness in their congratulations that I rather resented.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XVIII
11  In the outer office Wemmick offered me his congratulations, and incidentally rubbed the side of his nose with a folded piece of tissue-paper that I liked the look of.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XXXVI
12  Accordingly, these little birds hopped out with great dignity; leaving me to receive the congratulations of Traddles, and to feel as if I were translated to regions of exquisite happiness.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 41. DORA'S AUNTS
13  Before she had gone, the servants came in with their congratulations.
Anna Karenina 2 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: Chapter 16
14  And the congratulations afterward and the kissing and the toasts and the dancing--all, all like a dream.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
15  There was no time for greetings or congratulations; for Uncas, though unconscious of the presence of his friends, continued the pursuit with the velocity of the wind.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 32
Example Sentence: (27 in 2 pages)
1  Please accept my hearty congratulations upon your marriage.
2  I send you warm congratulations and hope that there are many more years of happiness ahead for both of you.
3  Allow me to join the chorus of congratulations upon your recent marriage.
4  Heartiest congratulations and best wishes to you both for along life and an ever-lasting happiness.
5  We are very happy to extend to you our utmost congratulations on your finishing your college course so successfully.
6  I join with all your friends in offering my sincere congratulations on your graduation.
7  Hearty congratulations on your passing the examination with excellent result.
8  Heartiest congratulations upon your graduation.
9  To the happy couple, congratulations on this happy occasion and best wishes for everything good in the years to come.
10  My sincere congratulations on this auspicious event of yours.
11  My sincere congratulations on your happy marriage and my best wishes to you two for a lifetime of happiness.
12  We would like to offer our congratulations on your.
13  I send you my warmest congratulations on your success.
14  Best wishes and sincere congratulations on your graduation.
15  Some jurors even embraced the residents and congratulated lead plaintiffs' attorney George Chandler after the proceedings.