LAUD in a Sentence

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For LAUD, below is one of 5 sentences:
I mentioned my reason for desiring to avoid observation in the village, and he lauded it to the skies.

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 Meanings and Examples of LAUD
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laud
 v.  give praise to; glorify; celebrate or honor
Classic Sentence:
1  However, my speech produced nothing else beside a laud laughter, which all the respect due to his majesty from those about him could not make them contain.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER V.
2  She did not stay to retaliate, but re-entered in a minute, bearing a reaming silver pint, whose contents I lauded with becoming earnestness.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
3  I mentioned my reason for desiring to avoid observation in the village, and he lauded it to the skies.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIX
Example Sentence:
1  The NFL began to laud Boomer Esiason's efforts to raise money to combat cystic fibrosis.
2  The internet has lost its democratic lustre; lauded as a force for change during the Arab Spring in 2010, its reputation has been sunk by a wave of populism in the West.