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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of eulogise.

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Examples

  • For public consumption when he died, President Richard Nixon eulogised him as: "One of the giants… a national symbol of courage, patriotism and granite-like honesty and integrity."

    The secret life of J Edgar Hoover 2012

  • His letter to investors eulogised the importance of the "hacker way", a corporate republic based on coders who get things done, and his partnership with chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg, the former Clinton era junior politico who handles the speaking, political and regulatory issues that the shy, geeky Zuckerberg does not.

    Facebook expected to be valued at $100bn in stock market flotation 2012

  • Mancini eulogised about the £38m signing, reflecting on a "perfect night" that began with City's players warming up in T-shirts bearing the slogan "I Love Manchester."

    Manchester City 4-0 Swansea City | Premier League match report 2011

  • Girls Aloud singer Sarah Harding eulogised about spa's "non-surgical facelifts", and Flavia Cacace, a dancer on Strictly Come Dancing told the paper: "I like to go to Champneys Spa for a facial and a massage."

    Champneys: the spa that helped secure Sir Paul Stephenson's fate 2011

  • As Gladstone eulogised, he lived to witness the triumph of all his big ideas.

    In praise of… John Bright 2011

  • Sir Alex Ferguson eulogised his young Manchester United players after being informed the team that had beaten Tottenham Hotspur 3-0 was the second youngest side he had ever fielded in the Premier League.

    Sir Alex Ferguson delighted with Manchester United's youngsters 2011

  • From P Diddy to Mark Ronson, Teen Marie's massive influence on R&B, and music in general, has been eulogised across the web, writes Sean Michaels

    T.I.: No Mercy - review 2011

  • The comedian Ronnie Barker, widely eulogised at the time of his death as an innocent family entertainer from whom uncouth youths of today such as Ross and Brand could learn, relied heavily on inventive but relentless sexual innuendo, especially during the spoof news bulletins on The Two Ronnies.

    Archive 2008-12-01 2008

  • The comedian Ronnie Barker, widely eulogised at the time of his death as an innocent family entertainer from whom uncouth youths of today such as Ross and Brand could learn, relied heavily on inventive but relentless sexual innuendo, especially during the spoof news bulletins on The Two Ronnies.

    In defence of innuendo - and against Jonathan Ross 2008

  • On the one side, there was the rhetoric of the KKE/DSE, which eulogised women warriors, and on the other, the increasingly powerful countermovement that dehumanised them.

    Arms and the Woman: Just Warriors and Greek Feminist Identity 2008

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