congratulatory

Example Sentences

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Several were congratulatory - he's a popular figure in the Park ward of Calderdale, West Yorkshire, having served there for Labour since 2021.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul this week sent a congratulatory message, according to Myanmar state media, saying that under Min Aung Hlaing's "able leadership" the nations' relations would "grow from strength to strength".

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

He is known for keeping in touch with local officials and attending to small details, such as providing congratulatory certificates to graduating high-school seniors.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

They traded congratulatory speeches and cut into a sheet cake.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

On Saturday, soon after receiving Ferris’s congratulatory telegram, Rice cabled back that in fact the first car already had been hung.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson