How do you use Extol in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like laud or exalt, plus the exact meaning.
Extol in a sentence
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Extol meaning
To praise; to make high.
Using Extol
- The main meaning on this page is: To praise; to make high.
- Useful related words include: laud, exalt, glorify, proclaim.
- In the example corpus, extol often appears in combinations such as: extol the, to extol, otherwise extol.
Context around Extol
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 14 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Extol
- In this selection, "extol" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, happily, otherwise, shrine, whatever, demonstrations and mms stand out and add context to how "extol" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2020 to extol the benefits and address to extol a great. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "extol" sits close to words such as aberrant, abloh and absurdities, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with extol
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
To extol demonstrations without regard to consequences is short sighted. (10 words)
The books also contain violent poems which extol the virtues of ‘sacrificing blood’. (13 words)
Brag about your stuffed grape leaves and we extol the virtues of the Vidalia Onion. (15 words)
Boris Johnson has promised that the UK’s new immigration policy will put “people before passports” as he used his first set-piece speech of 2020 to extol the benefits of trade with post-Brexit Britain to a major gathering of African leaders. (43 words)
Chip and phone makers will naturally extol the virtues of their new hardware, but if you think that faster CPUs and GPUs, 120 Hz screens, and stereo speakers will immediately lead to mobile gaming heaven, you have another thing coming. (40 words)
I'm going to encourage you to dare indulging in behavior like Dante's: to visualize and extol—and yes, even brag about—the virtues and skills that will ultimately be your signature contribution to this world. (37 words)
We heard on vespers Saturday evening: Are there any lips of earthborn men that can worthily extol the Hierarch? (19 words)
Example sentences (20)
Good deeds should be rewarded so that they will serve as an encouragement in the face of hostilities from people who extol whatever perceived human shortcomings far above their sterling qualities.
Brag about your stuffed grape leaves and we extol the virtues of the Vidalia Onion.
Immigration is less of a knotty problem for Plaid Cymru than many of the other parties as they happily extol its virtues.
Politicians and preachers—conservative and otherwise—extol the virtues of the United States’ most famous nonviolent prophet.
To extol demonstrations without regard to consequences is short sighted.
Angry at the actions of the FDA, Grenon, the Genesis II leader, said in an online posting that he wrote President Trump to extol MMS and expose the government’s excesses in pursuing him.
Boris Johnson has promised that the UK’s new immigration policy will put “people before passports” as he used his first set-piece speech of 2020 to extol the benefits of trade with post-Brexit Britain to a major gathering of African leaders.
For 78 minutes, Trump went on to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch, just three years after he took office decrying a land of “American carnage” under his predecessor.
Standing before a Congress and nation sharply divided by impeachment, Trump used his State of the Union address to extol a “Great American Comeback” on his watch.
But even as the tour guides at nearby Jongmyo Shrine extol the history, foibles and eating habits of the long-dead Joseon dynasty, here in Euljiro a living history is about to be unceremoniously wiped out.
I know it's not exactly to extol the virtues of Spam, but holy hell if this isn't a perfect breakfast dish.
I'm going to encourage you to dare indulging in behavior like Dante's: to visualize and extol—and yes, even brag about—the virtues and skills that will ultimately be your signature contribution to this world.
Sadly Dr Clark, who two years later is, of course, the aforementioned Minister of Health, did not exploit the humour of the question to extol the wisdom or otherwise of his opposition self.
Then, he and his band roared through a furiously punishing set, with Talbot taking time between songs to extol the virtues of immigration, the NHS and positive mental health.
We heard on vespers Saturday evening: Are there any lips of earthborn men that can worthily extol the Hierarch?
And yet you believe the time has come to seek to reverse, at least partially, the emotional polarity of these two words, to extol impurity’s benefits and denounce purity’s harms.
Chip and phone makers will naturally extol the virtues of their new hardware, but if you think that faster CPUs and GPUs, 120 Hz screens, and stereo speakers will immediately lead to mobile gaming heaven, you have another thing coming.
Now some in the United States extol the drink as a rival to coconut water, for its supposed restorative powers.
The books also contain violent poems which extol the virtues of ‘sacrificing blood’.
With him were Greek President Prokopis Pavlopoulos and Cypriot President Nicos Anastasiades who heard Sisi extol the history of Alexandria’s Greek links and of the Cypriot community in his country.
Common combinations with extol
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- extol the 16×
- to extol 12×
- otherwise extol 2×
- extol great 2×