How to Use commendation in a Sentence

commendation

noun
  • Their hard work deserves commendation.
  • The President issued a commendation praising the volunteers for their exceptional work during the relief effort.
  • The commendation marked a tonal change for the two offices.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 19 Feb. 2026
  • News of the special commendation comes amid a groundswell of acclaim for the quartet.
    — Angelique Jackson, Variety, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Her awards include an Army commendation medal and an achievement medal.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Chicago Tribune, 2 Feb. 2025
  • No soldiers were punished, and many earned commendations for their valor.
    — Foreign Affairs, 7 Jan. 2025
  • Special commendation also went to the hard-working bomb-sniffing pooches who kept us safe at this year’s fest.
    — Rebecca Keegan, VanityFair.com, 26 May 2017
  • Doesn’t that read like a commendation letter for a promotion?
    — Star-Telegram, star-telegram.com, 2 June 2017
  • Gold, silver and bronze and honorary commendations will be awarded.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2026
  • LaBare earned commendation from the Navy during his actions in the raid.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The pope will give a commendation for the cardinal to be judged by God, officials said.
    — Laura Smith-Spark and Delia Gallagher, CNN, 21 Dec. 2017
  • There should be some sort of commendation for the Company cast just for surviving their set.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 June 2022
  • His personnel record is filled with commendations; four years ago, he was named school resource officer of the year.
    — David Lyons, Sun-Sentinel.com, 23 Feb. 2018
  • In fact, Feay said, her uncle’s service earned a commendation from then-Gen.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2021
  • On the wall by the television, a commendation from the army for his services as Kennedy’s grave digger hung.
    — Kat Eschner, Smithsonian, 14 Mar. 2017
  • Just a quick commendation for my podcast co-host and personal stylist Andy Benoit.
    — Gary Gramling, SI.com, 28 Oct. 2017
  • The mayor held up a plaque of commendation, her enthusiasm filling the gym.
    — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Feb. 2022
  • The agency would not release specifics about the commendation Monday.
    — Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 18 Oct. 2021
  • According to the outlet, the proud father wrote a letter of commendation for his son's rescue.
    — Alexandra Schonfeld, PEOPLE.com, 11 July 2022
  • And there’s a lot of commendation for the people on Twitter who are doing a lot of the work that journalists can’t or aren’t.
    — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 23 Nov. 2022
  • But precise passes that squeeze the maximum gain out of plays will receive extra commendation.
    — Dan Wiederer, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • But over the decades, there was never an official state commendation for the Alaska guardsmen.
    — Zachariah Hughes, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Channell and the state Crime Lab have received multiple commendations in the last few years.
    — Daniel McFadin, Arkansas Online, 18 July 2023
  • Its role as global translator is worthy of commendation.
    — Nate Zipp, Christian Science Monitor, 1 May 2025
  • And he was awarded multiple times for valor, including a bronze star and a Navy commendation medal.
    — ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Her performance earned her two medals and a commendation from her unit in May, according to a Facebook post by her task force.
    — Washington Post, 1 Sep. 2021
  • Participants who scored in the top fifteen per cent of all five tests got a Presidential commendation.
    — Zach Helfand, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2025
  • The three officers involved in the incident at the diner were honored with life-saving commendations.
    — Carolyn Gusoff april 6, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
  • But the physics world had widely anticipated this one and the three researchers, along with others, have won a series of major prizes and commendations for the work.
    — Maggie Fox, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2017
  • Highest commendations to those who made history voting for and passing it through both chambers of the legislature.
    — Robert Turner, Baltimore Sun, 2 June 2025

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