Carli Lloyd

In men's sports, people criticize coaches and managers all the time, call out teammates, too, and it's not that huge of a deal. Often, the guy speaking out is even lauded for having the courage to tell the truth. When it happens in women's sports, though, it always seems to be viewed as a nasty, claws-out cat fight.

American Athlete

Nazanin Boniadi

The idea that an actress - mostly lauded for her performances in more than a dozen films - somehow represents a threat to Iran's national security is laughable at best. But in Ahangarani's case, far from anything humorous, the allegations have actually resulted in the sober prospect of real prison time.

British Actress

Jack Gleeson

Ever since my mother sent me to Saturday morning grammar classes when I was 7, I wanted to become a famous actor. I loved the idea of captivating an audience and moving them truly through performance, but more importantly being recognized and heavily lauded for that talent.

American Actor

Kristen Soltis Anderson

President Trump rightly points out that law enforcement is mostly made up of good people putting themselves in harm's way to protect us. He lauds the men and women in blue and often talks about the need to make it easier for the cops to do their jobs.

American Writer

Princess Michael of Kent

Like probably many people of little education who find themselves, like pop stars or film stars, suddenly lauded by the whole world, it is very difficult if you have not had a mother bringing you up who was quite stern and strict.

Julia Roberts

I just want to make a point that it's not just great teachers that sometimes shape your life. Sometimes it's the absence of great teachers that shapes your life and being ignored can be just as good for a person as being lauded.

American Actress

Jay Inslee

We must ask ourselves: Are we a confident, forward-looking nation that builds monuments - like DACA - to hope and determination? Or are we a nation that is turned inward, lauding monuments to intolerance and division?

American Politician

Edward P. Jones

There are those who write because they believe they have something so marvelous that it will make them famous and wealthy, a lauded commodity who will be invited to a lifetime of cocktail parties.

American Novelist

Nick Foles

I've been overlooked, praised, questioned, lauded, labeled, celebrated, and derided - sometimes all in the span of a single week. That's life in the NFL.

Jesse Eisenberg

As an actor, if I show up late somewhere or I say something that's eccentric, it's totally acceptable - not only that, it's lauded in some perverse way.

Use 'laud' to express approval or admiration positively.

Positive Connotation

'Laud' is formal, suitable for speeches or professional writing.

Formal Praise

'Laud' often highlights the significance of the achievement or contribution.

Emphasis on Significance

As a noun, 'laud' can be a literary or poetic expression of praise.

Literary Device

'Laud' as a hymn is often associated with religious ceremonies.

Religious Context

The noun form of 'laud' is old-fashioned, used mainly in historic or religious texts.

Archaic Use

Use 'laud' in scholarly contexts to commend intellectual achievements.

Academic Recognition

'Laud' conveys a deep respect when complimenting someone's actions.

Respectful Tone

 On one side was the popular, highly lauded traditional art forms of the time. On the other, the forms of artistic expression made possible through surrealism, cubism, and new inventions, like the cinema and the phonograph. Within that divide, through the creation of his most important contribution to poetry,

The poet who painted...

 enzymes in the cracked malt forcing the starch to convert into sugars which dissolve into the water the brew then goes to the third step the lauder tongue in the lauter tun which is similar to a colander the mash is strained and a

The Perfect Beer PIPE...

 and went after life with so much energy and an ear-to-ear grin. Now, in my years of working with kids with critical illnesses at camp, I was often lauded, but that just always felt unnecessary and backwards,

Live Drawings of the...

 uhnot Minh in the cupola slant urn this created the world's largest sundial and they were able to recalculate the summer solstice then those astronomical calculations were reap lauded in two shipping routes

Laud

To praise a lot.

A song or hymn of praise.

Usage tips

To speak highly of.

Usage tips

Positive Connotation

Formal Praise

Emphasis on Significance

Compare with

Never forget "Laud"

WordUp Chrome Extension