compliment - use in sentences
Object
- vocal: With gentle vocals that almost seem haunting at times, they run along with soft neat acoustic guitaring that compliment the vocals very well.
Converse of object
- repay: Doubtless the barbarian Other repaid the compliment: but the question is - were the Greeks right?
- deserve: It will, indeed, be paying them a deserved compliment.
- return: Comments: Hi, thought I'd return the compliment.
- receive: You receive this compliment with a well practiced smile.
- appreciate: Dear Gilbert Murray, I am in receipt of your mail and I really appreciate the compliment.
- pay: I would rather be paid the compliment of being believed sincere.
Subject
- bathroom: Rooms complimented by small marble bathrooms and quality furnishings.
Adjective modifier
- backhanded: It has been suggested, however, that this somewhat backhanded compliment was intended rather to rub salt into Hooke's wounds.
- back-handed: In fact, the closest The Times came to recommending the Treatise was with a back-handed compliment.
- sincere: Leave a short but sincere compliment about their web site.
- perfect: This Scottish based Saxophone Quartet provides the perfect compliment to any occasion.
- ultimate: To pay him the ultimate compliment, he played like Woods.
- full: Currently there are around 450 cadets with an almost full compliment of Officers to staff the unit.
Modifies a noun
- slip: It must also be on company letter headed paper or include a compliment slip or show a company stamp 19.
Modifying Another Word
- perfectly: The harder strum energy perfectly complimented by the lighter picked passages.
Noun used with modifier
- will: They are wonderfully bright and will compliment and enhance your wardrobe.
Preposition: of
- chef: On the menu Snack Stuff, compliments of the chef!
- season: Compliments of the season to all supporters of the Weardale Railroad.
Preposition: by
- bathroom: Rooms complimented by small marble bathrooms and quality furnishings.
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