How to Use plaudit in a Sentence

plaudit

noun
  • Blair’s track record as the envoy won few plaudits.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Their efforts have earned them plaudits.
    — Jessica Peralta, Oc Register, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The fifth-year right wing is earning plenty of plaudits these days.
    — Eric Stephens, Orange County Register, 12 Jan. 2017
  • King put her career on the line and deserves plaudits for her courage.
    — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Most of the plaudits would come long after its theatrical run.
    — Darryn King, WIRED, 4 May 2018
  • The achievement would win supreme plaudits across all the related fields.
    — Quanta Magazine, 1 Apr. 2019
  • Laika has produced five films in the last decade, all of which won critical plaudits.
    — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive.com, 5 June 2019
  • The strategy has drawn plaudits from leaders in the longevity space.
    — Mark Ellwood, Robb Report, 14 Feb. 2026
  • Ibrahima Konate deserved all the plaudits that came his way on an emotional night.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • In most other seasons that kind of production would earn him major plaudits.
    — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 26 Sep. 2017
  • Not a single gun shot was fired in the exchange, earning the officer plaudits for his restraint.
    — Amanda Erickson, chicagotribune.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • There are surely better ways of showing that Africa is doing its bit than heaping plaudits on a felon.
    — The Economist, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Being forced to go beyond the authors—both male and female—who grab the plaudits and headlines can yield great treasures.
    — Max De Haldevang, Quartz, 27 Dec. 2019
  • Journalists and pundits tend to throw around plaudits a little too carelessly these days.
    — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Saunders and Auster are veteran authors with a number of awards and plaudits.
    — Michael Schaub, latimes.com, 13 Sep. 2017
  • If rugged can be used to describe an Ivy League lacrosse team, this is the team — still with the usual classroom plaudits.
    — Mike Anthony, courant.com, 29 May 2018
  • Hopefully, Biedermann will not be spoiled by his plaudits.
    — Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Menn has earned plaudits in the rock world for her style which combines elements of classical music with shredding.
    — Spin Contributor, SPIN, 23 Feb. 2023
  • The performance earned him plaudits and a likely spot on the roster in 2017.
    — Rustin Dodd, kansascity, 24 May 2017
  • His penchant for picking up easy points around the basket is already earning plaudits from teammates and coaches.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2019
  • The duo has earned critical plaudits from critics and even starred in their own 2006 feature film.
    — Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 16 Aug. 2025
  • He's won all of the individual awards, all of the plaudits, all of the Liverpool fans' hearts.
    — SI.com, 27 May 2018
  • There were a lot of words, plaudits, and platitudes, but little else offered up by Sox leadership.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Jan. 2020
  • Though Brown won some plaudits for his handling of the crisis, his ratings never recovered.
    — Washington Post, 1 May 2017
  • The plaudits Sanders gave Obama centered on his smarts and charisma as a candidate.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 6 Apr. 2018
  • Netanyahu and Katz have won plaudits for the botched attack on Doha from the Israeli right.
    — Monica Marks, Time, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Gillibrand earned plaudits for winning over such GOP co-sponsors as Sens.
    — Ed O'Keefe, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2017
  • New England's Stephon Gilmore came away with the plaudit instead, and Watt took third in the voting.
    — Jr Radcliffe, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Feb. 2020
  • Yet the band was undeniably a step behind the surge of fire and fury a few years previous, and struggled to garner the same plaudits as some of its peers.
    — Dean Van Nguyen, Pitchfork, 22 Apr. 2026
  • The months ahead will determine whether the French leader can salvage the pro-business agenda that won him plaudits at Davos.
    — Stacy Meichtry, WSJ, 21 Jan. 2019

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