How do you use Congratulate in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like compliment or triumph, plus the exact meaning.
Congratulate in a sentence
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Congratulate meaning
- To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for
- To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
Synonyms of Congratulate
Using Congratulate
- The main meaning on this page is: To express one’s sympathetic pleasure or joy to the person(s) it is felt for | To consider oneself fortunate in some matter.
- Useful related words include: compliment, triumph, gloat, preen.
- In the example corpus, congratulate often appears in combinations such as: to congratulate, congratulate the, congratulate him.
Context around Congratulate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 11 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Congratulate
- In this selection, "congratulate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 21 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, especially, sincerely, yourself, president and margot stand out and add context to how "congratulate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and especially congratulate the security and be here congratulate one of. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "congratulate" sits close to words such as afforded, auckland and baroque, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with congratulate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Congratulate me every time I'm burping. (7 words)
He said, “I congratulate Mr. DeLeon for his exemplary leadership. (10 words)
Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes and Harry Maguire were all quick to congratulate De Gea. (13 words)
And let us all congratulate and applaud producer/director Michael Tobin celebrating 11 years of live year-round theatre and dedicating his professional life to bringing the best stage productions seen anywhere. (32 words)
Diri, a PDP governor of Bayelsa State, was conspicuously captured in a video in the company of some APC governors to congratulate President Tinubu shortly after the Supreme Court verdict on Thursday. (32 words)
AbdulRazaq further commended the peaceful conduct of the election, and especially congratulate the security agencies, the electoral umpire, and politicians for making Kwara polls the most peaceful in the country. (30 words)
Farage was mobbed and given a hero’s welcome by activists eager to congratulate the architect of Brexit, raising a question: Could he lead those activists as leader one day? (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
AbdulRazaq further commended the peaceful conduct of the election, and especially congratulate the security agencies, the electoral umpire, and politicians for making Kwara polls the most peaceful in the country.
Abubakar said: “We are grateful to Allah for giving us this opportunity to be here, congratulate one of us and witness this occasion”.
After our production ended and we went backstage my dad came to congratulate me.
And let us all congratulate and applaud producer/director Michael Tobin celebrating 11 years of live year-round theatre and dedicating his professional life to bringing the best stage productions seen anywhere.
And when the PM announced her resignation, nearly 20,000 people tuned in to congratulate the lettuce on outlasting her.
Apart from celebrities, Ram’s father and veteran actor Chiranjeevi also took to Twitter to congratulate the couple.
Asked to sum up his side’s performance, the right-hander did not have many words other than to congratulate his opponents on a good win.
Be that as it may, I congratulate the minister on his appointment and appeal to him not to rest on his oars.
But he took notice of the play and blasted the ball wide, prompting fellow defensive backs to run down the sideline to congratulate him.
Casemiro, Bruno Fernandes and Harry Maguire were all quick to congratulate De Gea.
Congratulate me every time I'm burping.
Congratulate yourself on probably possessing the most valuably decorated bower bird bowers in the area.
Dani’s celeb friends were quick to congratulate her and Jarrod when the pregnancy was announced.
Diri, a PDP governor of Bayelsa State, was conspicuously captured in a video in the company of some APC governors to congratulate President Tinubu shortly after the Supreme Court verdict on Thursday.
Dr Crystal Oldman CBE, chief executive of the QNI said: “On behalf of the QNI I would like to congratulate Margot and welcome her as a Queen’s Nurse.
Earlier, Leo said that he was in the minister’s office to congratulate and wish Wike well in his new assignment as the Minister of the FCT.
Fans rushed to congratulate Cally, who is mum to daughter Vienna, six, from a previous relationship.
Farage was mobbed and given a hero’s welcome by activists eager to congratulate the architect of Brexit, raising a question: Could he lead those activists as leader one day?
First, allow me to sincerely congratulate you on taking a hard look at you and yours.
He said, “I congratulate Mr. DeLeon for his exemplary leadership.
Common combinations with congratulate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: