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How to pronounce laud in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms exalt, extol, glorify, proclaim
Type of praise
Has types canonise, canonize, crack up, ensky, hymn
Derivation laudable, laudatory, lauder

Examples of laud

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Beyond noting that intelligence, friends laud Heebner's honesty and work ethic.
From the investors.com
His edicts laud the Confederacy but also mention the suffering endured by blacks.
From the economist.com
Gov. Phil Bryant appeared with BancorpSouth executives to laud the move Thursday.
From the timesunion.com
He's likely one of the last people you'd think Nike would laud in an ad campaign.
From the healthland.time.com
Haskins'players laud what he did for not only them, but for later generations.
From the latimes.com
Cowen said he hoped Ireland would laud, not lampoon, Ahern in the coming days.
From the usatoday.com
Vatican experts laud his popular touch, even if his writings are often opaque.
From the nytimes.com
His laud playing is a dazzling marvel of rhythmic precision and melodic invention.
From the sfgate.com
Maine state Rep. Paul Davis got things brewing with a bill to laud the whoopie pie.
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More examples
  • Praise, glorify, or honor; "extol the virtues of one's children"; "glorify one's spouse's cooking"
  • Lau00FAd (Spanish: "lute") is a plectrum-plucked chordophone from Spain, played also in diaspora countries such as Cuba and the Philippines.
  • (Lauding) Laudabiliter was a papal bull issued in 1155 by Adrian IV, the only Englishman to serve as Pope, giving the Angevin King Henry II of England the right to assume control over Ireland and establish Papal Supremacy over the heretofore independent Irish Church. ...
  • Lauds is a divine office that takes place in the early morning hours and is one of the two major hours in the Roman Catholic Liturgy of the Hours. In the Eastern Orthodox tradition, it forms part of the Office of Matins. ...
  • Praise or glorification; hymn of praise; a prayer service following matins; to praise, to glorify
  • (Lauds) The second hour of prayer, said early morning
  • (lauds [LAWDZ]) morning prayers and readings
  • (v) - to praise. laudable (adj), laudatory (adj)
  • Spanish lute with a flat back, 12 metal strings in 6 courses and a pear shaped body