Jake Owen

Most people think in order to validate yourself as an artist, you have to write your own songs. I commend the guys that do. I've done it. But I also think that you can pick great songs outside that you didn't write that can help your career.

American Musician

Derek Fisher

I would venture to guess that if I was a construction worker... who requested a transfer to another department for the betterment of his family, I would be commended for it. But because it's sports, there's just so much passion added to it.

American Athlete

Sigmund Freud

Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces.

Austrian Psychologist

Mike Braun

Hoosiers deserve a straightforward approach about information regarding blocked railroad crossings and I commend the Federal Railroad Administration's willingness to work with all parties involved on this important issue.

American Politician

Sharon Salzberg

I've spent quite a bit of my life as a meditation teacher and writer commending the strengths of love and compassion.

American Author

Thomas Hobbes

A wise man should so write (though in words understood by all men) that wise men only should be able to commend him.

English Philosopher

Clayton M. Christensen

This is why I belong, and why I believe. I commend to all this same search for happiness and for the truth.

Floyd Mayweather, Jr.

I commend Chris Brown and Soulja Boy for going out there for so many years and entertaining the people.

American Boxer

Thomas Fuller

All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer.

English Clergyman

Rita Mae Brown

If you like my novels, I commend your good taste.

American Writer

Use 'commend' when offering positive remarks about someone’s actions or achievements.

Positive Feedback

Employ 'commend' in situations where formal or public acknowledgment is suitable, often in written text.

Formal Recognition

'Commend' implies sincerity; avoid using it for sarcastic or insincere praise.

Sincerity Implication

'Commend' is often used in a professional environment to suggest someone has earned merit or a job well done.

Professional Advantage

Use 'commend' to convey respect and strong support when recommending a person.

Respectful Recommendation

When you 'commend' someone, it's like vouching for their suitability and reputation.

Personal Vouch

Use 'commend' when you trust someone enough to give them responsibility over something important.

Transfer of Trust

Shows the trustworthiness of the person you're commending something to.

Care and Responsibility

'Commend' carries a weighty, serious tone, implying a significant level of importance and trust.

Solemn Undertone

 In fact, this whole system carries through with the way that the typeface was designed. To not look like it was made like other typefaces, to be something new. Here it is in the lightweight, the medium weight and the bold weight. The whole family has different things to commend to it. This was a conscious break from the past,

How a typeface helped...

 longer than I look we we look for our way our penalty is it's really fuzzy when you look at that stuff out there I need a big telescope and you'd need a lot of head-scratching but you really can see farther back in time of course we commend our observatory a lot quicker than it only takes a few seconds for the

Exploring the Edge of...

 is a legacy that was built for me and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on and I know there are people in the audience who are skeptical at this point and maybe there are some fashionistas we're like wait Naomi Tyra Joan Smalls Liu Wen and first I commend you on your model knowledge very impressive but

Looks aren't everything....

 and it's a legacy that I've been cashing out on. And I know there are people in the audience who are skeptical at this point, and maybe there are some fashionistas who are like, "Wait. Naomi. Tyra. Joan Smalls. Liu Wen." And first, I commend you on your model knowledge. Very impressive.

 It grew larger and sprouted marble pillars and steps. Legends etched themselves onto its grand doors. Their rickety cottage had metamorphosed into a gleaming temple for the gods. Hermes commended the couple and gently asked if there was anything they desired.

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 and Supermen of the world, you have to commend them, because it really hurts in the crotch, that superhero suit. Yeah, I'm being honest. I need to tell you this here. Really. And accidentally, I happened to even invent a new dance form

Thoughts on humanity,...

 is really waiting for people to ask them questions, so that they can be truthful about who they are and how they became what they are, and I commend that to you, even if you're not doing interviews. Just be that way with your friends

Marc Pachter: The art of...

 the dog who communicates to the trainer where people may be trapped and who commend signal authorities but dogs don't necessarily have to be the strong and sturdy types to be workers when it comes to helping special needs people

Working Dogs PIPE National...

 think and I commend this to everyone right now think of the wonderful things to say thank you for and they will lift your spirit and I'll ask one last question from a line you know you spoke of a just world could you

How we can navigate the...

 through the dignity of work. And I want to commend them -- the mayors, their communities, their nonprofits -- for the work that they're doing. So who's next? Are you and your city ready to step up?