How do you use Accolade in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like award or honor, plus the exact meaning.
Accolade meaning
- An expression of approval; praise.
- A special acknowledgment; an award.
- An embrace of greeting or salutation.
Using Accolade
- The main meaning on this page is: An expression of approval; praise. | A special acknowledgment; an award. | An embrace of greeting or salutation.
- Useful related words include: award, honor, honour, laurels.
- In the example corpus, accolade often appears in combinations such as: the accolade, accolade for, an accolade.
Context around Accolade
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Accolade
- In this selection, "accolade" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, highest, industry, personal and possible stand out and add context to how "accolade" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a personal accolade and deserves an accolade for holding. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "accolade" sits close to words such as achieves, ado and arisen, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with accolade
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
From there, he picked up one accolade after another. (9 words)
Keegan said she was “never comfortable” with the accolade. (9 words)
He received the accolade at the club's AGM on June 10. (12 words)
Glenapp Castle, a 21-bedroom hotel at Ballantrae near Girvan in Ayrshire, said it was “delighted” to announce that it had been awarded the “Hotel of the Year” accolade by PoB Hotels, the luxury hotel marketing group. (37 words)
Caroline, 39, was presented with the accolade by the Lord Mayor of The City of London, Michael Mainelli, who raced from a meeting with King Charles and the president of South Korea to attend the event! (36 words)
Despite the loss, the 22-year-old had an incredible season, finishing top of the ladder after the home and away season, conceding the least goals in the competition and achieving a personal accolade. (34 words)
Caroline, 39, was presented with the accolade by the Lord Mayor of The City of London, Michael Mainelli, who raced from a meeting with King Charles and the president of South Korea to attend the event! (36 words)
Example sentences (20)
A parish council in Swindon has received the highest accolade possible in a council award scheme.
A well-known Cumnock shopkeeper has received another accolade for her tremendous work in the community.
A win at the annual World Travel Awards is widely considered to be the ultimate travel and tourism industry accolade.
Caroline, 39, was presented with the accolade by the Lord Mayor of The City of London, Michael Mainelli, who raced from a meeting with King Charles and the president of South Korea to attend the event!
City of Sanctuary granted the accolade after assessing the partnership's activities to provide "safe, welcoming and accessible" healthcare for refugees and asylum seekers.
Despite the loss, the 22-year-old had an incredible season, finishing top of the ladder after the home and away season, conceding the least goals in the competition and achieving a personal accolade.
East Morton CE Primary School has earned a Healthy Minds Chartermark gold award, and Cullingworth Village Primary has achieved the silver accolade.
From there, he picked up one accolade after another.
Glenapp Castle, a 21-bedroom hotel at Ballantrae near Girvan in Ayrshire, said it was “delighted” to announce that it had been awarded the “Hotel of the Year” accolade by PoB Hotels, the luxury hotel marketing group.
He has scored more than 15,000 runs and has the accolade of being one of six male cricketers to have scored a century in all three formats of the game for Kent.
He received the accolade at the club's AGM on June 10.
He said “the Central government deserves an accolade for holding this mega event on this land of great gurus, saints and seers”.
It was the latest accolade for the small island airport - the only runway in the world where scheduled flights land on a tidal beach.
Jackson’s winning time, like her 100m performance a few days earlier, had set a World Leading mark, before American Gabby Thomas erased the accolade at the US Trials with 21.60 seconds.
Julie Ashfield, managing director of buying at Aldi UK, said: “We are extremely proud to have received the highest possible accolade for our own brand spirits.
Keegan said she was “never comfortable” with the accolade.
Last season took this accolade for the Reds with a top speed of 36.53 km/h, and in the season before was fastest with 36.6 km/h.
Mattie’s principal, Mark Henry said the accolade was a fully deserving one for the young Irvinestown player.
McGroarty was then invited to present midfielder Lucy Staniforth with her legacy cap, as the only member of the travelling player group who had yet to receive the accolade.
MetLife Investment Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Accolade by 58.5% in the first quarter.
Common combinations with accolade
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the accolade 51×
- accolade for 20×
- an accolade 18×
- this accolade 16×
- accolade is 10×
- prestigious accolade 9×
- highest accolade 8×
- accolade by 8×
- year accolade 8×
- accolade of 8×