Idiom
sing the praises of
Meaning
to commend (someone or something’s) attributes to others
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“She always sings the praises of her grandmother's cooking.”
“After the successful project, the manager sang the praises of the whole team in front of the directors.”
“In his memoir, the diplomat sang the praises of the quiet civil servants whose patience had made the peace agreement possible.”
Examples
simple
“She always sings the praises of her grandmother's cooking.”
contextual
“After the successful project, the manager sang the praises of the whole team in front of the directors.”
complex
“In his memoir, the diplomat sang the praises of the quiet civil servants whose patience had made the peace agreement possible.”
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