1) Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment.

2) They paid him a high compliment.

3) I was embarrassed by their compliment.

4) Your presence is a great compliment.

5) Being compared to Abba is a great compliment.

6) She paid me the double-edged compliment of saying my work was "excellent for a beginner".

7) To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved.

8) It's a great compliment to be asked to do the job.

9) To listen to someone is the greatest compliment you can pay.

10) She paid him a handsome compliment.

11) I'll take that remark as a compliment.

12) Please don't misunderstand me?I meant it as a compliment.

13) It's always nice to be paid a compliment.

14) The manager paid her a compliment on her work.

15) She seemed pleased by the compliment.

16) Julie's cheeks flushed with pleasure at the compliment.

17) I'll take that as a compliment.

18) Joan blushed at the unexpected compliment.

19) It was intended as a compliment,[http:///compliment.html] honestly!

20) It mustn't sound like a contrived compliment.

21) She took what he said as a compliment.

22) I must compliment you on your handling of a very difficult situation.

23) It's a great compliment to the band that he came out of retirement to interview them.

24) I can live for two months on a good compliment. Mark Twain 

25) 'You understand the problem because you're so much older.' 'I'll take that as a compliment!'

26) I can live for two months on a good compliment. Mark Twain , American writer .

27) She gave a coy smile when he paid her a compliment.

28) Don't be upset-I'm sure she meant it as a compliment.

29) Rob Andrew had a quiet game, which is meant as a compliment .

30) "Well done, Cassandra," Crook said. She blushed, but accepted the compliment with good grace.

1) Saying she's improved comes over as a backhanded compliment.

2) They paid him a high compliment.

3) I was embarrassed by their compliment.

4) Your presence is a great compliment.

5) Being compared to Abba is a great compliment.

6) 'You understand the problem because you're so much older.' 'I'll take that as a compliment!'

7) She paid me the double-edged compliment of saying my work was "excellent for a beginner".

8) It's a great compliment to be asked to do the job.

9) To listen to someone is the greatest compliment you can pay.

31) Don't compliment him any more, or he'll get a swollen head.

32) In a backhanded compliment she said he looked very good for his age.

33) The groom was so nervous he forgot to compliment the bridesmaids.

34) You should take it as a compliment when I fall asleep in your company - it means I'm relaxed.

35) They didn't take a lot of notice of me, and I returned the compliment.

36) He returned her compliment by saying how well she looked.

37) They all seem to think that I ask rather cheeky questions,[Sentence dictionary] which I'll take as a compliment.

38) I was just trying to pay her a compliment .

39) He paid MacLennan the finest compliment of all by imitating him.

40) He tried to pay her a compliment but it came out all wrong.

41) 'You were both wonderful!' 'So were you!' we said, returning the compliment.

42) If Mark's wearing a suit, that'll be a compliment to you!

43) To Joe the greatest compliment was to be considered amusing.

44) The actors have en-tertained us so splendidly during this weekend, I think it's time we returned the compliment.

45) It was a backhanded compliment.

46) What else to do but return the compliment?

47) Sincerity is the highest compliment you can pay. Ralph Waldo Emerson 

48) They received a rare compliment from the enemy themselves.

49) Compliment people. Magnify their strengths, not their weaknesses. Joyce Meyer 

50) A compliment is verbal sunshine. Robert Orben 

51) Rahimullah, I think, meant it as a compliment.

52) Did Jessica receive a compliment from her supervisor?

53) It's a back-handed compliment really, you know.

54) I take that as a compliment.

55) He wasn't paying her a compliment.

56) A compliment is like a kiss through a veil. Victor Hugo 

57) Sutton had been deeply moved by this compliment.

58) Nell, unsure of the worth of his compliment, nevertheless sat down opposite him, even if temporarily.

59) Well, that's a form of flattery - I accept the compliment.

60) By using the word man, Ian was paying me a compliment.

61) Characteristically, Scargill is not returning the compliment and is not planning to co-operate with the alliance.

62) As a general rule you should avoid unintentionally offending friends or potential friends, but instead flatter or compliment them.

63) Saying someone is religious is heard in most of America as a compliment, a reassuring affirmation that someone will be moral, ethical, and after a few glasses of wine, a freak in the bedroom. Bill Maher 

64) He criticized Bevin for lack of imagination - surely an inverted compliment given its implication of positive contributions in the past.

65) Let us face it, it helps to know a person to give an effective compliment, or constructive criticism.

66) You have accepted a compliment gracefully,[] without trying to pretend you don't deserve it.

67) In my early twenties I found that I would become aggressive when I was given a compliment.

68) It is taken as a compliment because a man with a reputation as dangerous will be respected.

69) I did not quite know what they meant but I took it as a compliment.

70) We suggest that it enables the parents to pay a compliment to close friends by inviting them to be godparents.

71) It may even be taken as a compliment that they save room for your desserts.

72) A formal aquascape can be tailored to compliment the decor of the room, following the same colour scheme and style.

73) It had not been her intention to favour him with a compliment.

74) If this showed their somewhat thin knowledge of my country, the compliment was returned.

75) No matter what compliment you pay them, they always take it the wrong way.

76) In my opinion, comparison to the Nature Conservancy is a compliment.

77) Some of his displays have reminded me of Gerald Davies at his best - and I can give no-one a greater compliment.

78) They've put together a side of young lads and journeyman pros, and that is meant as a compliment.

79) If they decide to emulate you this is fine, a great compliment.

80) When a compliment like that is based upon a total lack of information it seems like a kind of mockery.

81) "You're more trouble than the children are" is the greatest compliment a grandparent can receive. Gene Perret 

82) Everybody likes a compliment. Abraham Lincoln 

83) Electronic man attending to the high singing voices from another star that compliment him, soothe him, accept his duty.

84) I am a shy person and I actually get embarrassed when people compliment me for my looks. But when I think about it later, I feel good. I don't have any regrets in my life. I am happy with whatever God has given me be it personally or professionally. I get up early in the morning and do yoga to stay fit. I don't go to gym and all. Dharminder 

85) As for the comparison to Brigitte Bardot, it's a great compliment, because she is very beautiful.

86) As Katherine remembers it, I was so thrilled with the compliment that I cooperated from then on.

87) Dear Bash First of all I'd like to compliment you on such a brill and fabbo magazine.

88) But Marcel would no doubt take that as a compliment.

89) Hardin returned the compliment with a blaster specifically borrowed for the occasion.

90) It was the third time she had failed to agree with his criticism and offered a compensating compliment.

91) Cheltenham's Tory faithful welcomed the Lady and she returned the compliment.

92) Men enjoy listening to flattery, and are more likely to be nice to and do things for those who compliment them. Dr T.P.Chia 

93) No greater compliment can be paid to the forthright intelligence of any businessman than to say that he understands production.

94) In any walk of life that would be a compliment.

95) The appointment represented an extraordinary compliment to Giap, the former schoolteacher.

96) After a bit she became used to being stared at,[http:///compliment.html] even taking it as a compliment.

97) As she pulled on a tan leather blouson, she eyed me warily, and I returned the compliment.

98) Her greatest compliment came in 1900 when she was accorded the title of Christmas-card Laureate which earned her national fame.

99) Enjoy being radiant; who cares about the motive for the compliment?

100) This backhanded compliment is, in fact, a tribute to the imagination and commitment of community educators.

101) The pair cringed in embarrassment as the president, speaking through an interpreter, paid them the world's most unlikely compliment.

102) To Joe the greatest compliment was to be considered amusing, the greatest insult to be thought boring.

103) Jay was delighted with the compliment and intrigued to see inside Lucy's flat.

104) I said he was a workaholic, and he seemed to take it as a compliment.

105) If you say we're more of a pop band, then that's a compliment.

106) People still think the greatest compliment they can pay you is to say that you look younger than your age.

107) I have ventured into the use of your name several times but you have not returned the compliment.

108) Yet his manner made it clear that he was simply stating a fact, not flattering with a compliment.

109) To say the two groups come from different planets is almost true, and probably considered a compliment by both.

110) He would only assume that she attached some importance to his opinion and take it as a compliment.

111) One year later, the Eastbourne Road school is returning the compliment.

112) Katherine found herself smiling happily as if the compliment were directed at her own home.

113) ''You have lovely hair'', said Bob to Emma, who blushed at the compliment.

114) Then she said I was incorrigible, and I said that was a compliment.

115) An occasional compliment is necessary to keep up one's self- respect. Mark Twain 

116) Nehru, having accepted Commonwealth membership, was content to pay Mountbatten the compliment.

117) She said it was just like you which is the greatest compliment she can give-and we can receive....

118) Insult is a monstrous scorpion, and compliment is a likeable nightingale; one stings mercilessly, and the other sings sweetly. Mehmet Murat ildan 

119) The greatest compliment that was ever paid me was when one asked me what I thought, and attended to my answer. Henry David Thoreau 

120) But the members of Greyhound Soul take it as a compliment, as it was meant to be taken.

121) It's a compliment, by the way: Philippa is my next-door neighbour and startlingly beautiful.

122) When you cannot get a compliment in any other way pay yourself one. Mark Twain 

123) It was as if, in not knowing, he'd paid her a great compliment.

124) If they failed to understand the settled peasants, the latter returned the compliment.

125) But when she heard such things, Privet took it as a compliment.

126) After all, these services are free and we take it as a compliment if you ask.

126) try its best to collect and create good sentences.

127) When I compliment you, I compliment myself, because I am who I associate with. Jarod Kintz 

128) His word was a double-barrelled compliment.

129) Elli says "Oh, it's not a compliment."

130) That's rather a backhanded compliment.

131) Feeling unworthy or undeserving of the compliment.

132) Fakery is a kind of a compliment.

133) She's always ready to pay a compliment .

134) He was pleased, seeing no irony in her compliment.

135) That compliment certainly comes preciously more than the present.

136) Compliment sb. out of sth.

137) But instead of stopping there, he had to throw yet another backhanded compliment at Kupchak.

138) The Programme Sub is a bass reflex subwoofer designed to compliment the full range models in the Programme series providing low frequency reinforcement.

139) At its best, the idea is a backhanded compliment to discerning older consumers.

140) Some fellows pay a compliment like they expected a receipt. ---Kin Hubbard, humorist(1868-1930).

141) Summon up burst of energy, and find something on which to compliment him or her.

142) Even the doctor, shy but no fool, half unconsciously acknowledged the compliment.

143) Some people pay a compliment as if they expect a receipt.

144) Living in New York City and studying on Molokai may seem like a strange combination. But they compliment each other beautifully.

145) Firstly I compliment you on most of your excellent Spring issue of "Triangle".

146) A compliment is something like a kiss through a veil. ------Hugo, Saint Denis.

147) Thank you for being such a wonderful hostess. You always make certain I am comfortable, well-fed and welcome. No words of mine can compliment you too highly.

148) James has taken steps to correct this and it's evident in his game, as he has become a better on ball defender which helps compliment his superior ball-hawking skills.

149) She may be fishing for a compliment and welcome your reassurance.

150) His lips curved up in the obligatory smile, acknowledging the compliment.

151) I pay a compliment.

152) EXAMPLE 1: Our chintzy old boss never rewards even the most outstanding achievement with a bonus or even a compliment.

153) It is a warm and sunny room and the pink is a perfect compliment to the chartreuse chairs and melon sofa.

154) Cushat says to owl with sympathy:It's a true that your voice of singing is very boring, nobody could pretend to compliment it. Especially it disturbed other's good dream at midnight.

155) Jack is a young man who likes to think independently, so he doesn't want to pay a compliment to his leaders.

156) All of the compliment and complaint beyond the main mission are redundant and if the missioner transmits those unnecessary supplemental his credibility will be degraded by others.

157) The royalty also take it as fashionable drink and congratulate on empress's birthday with Keemun Black Tea to compliment her as "the most beautiful lady".

158) Attacks from that source amounted to a backhanded compliment to his integrity.

159) Now that's a compliment! There's no question about your advice being well taken.

160) Mrs . Wilson rejected the compliment by raising her eyebrow in distain .

161) Some people find it difficult to pay a compliment directly; to do so embarrasses them.

162) It was a sincere compliment and a funny one,[http:///compliment.html] since Hillary had taken a lot of good-natured ribbing for saying she had had imaginary conversations with Mrs. Roosevelt.

163) One reader urged Mr Cameron to "show some respect" and another recalled: "I was always told the menfolk at a wedding should wear their smartest attire as a compliment to the bride.

164) During my time in China I've had many friends tell me that I'm already "half Chinese"; I have always taken this as a warm-hearted compliment.

165) Excuse me, I just wanted to compliment you on the stunning decor.

166) His word was a double-barrelled compliment. It implied that she was an agreeable female, and also her husband had a clerical appearance.

167) This time we are going for a colour trend to compliment the other articles featuring an item trend (Shearling jacket) and look (town meets country).

168) This lefthanded compliment makes women seem attractively feminine, and yet , when a girl is capricious , her actions are reminiscent of the lowly billy goat.

169) Bennet the compliment of requesting you to interpose your authority in my behalf.

170) And the scents I used don't compliment each other . Eucalyptus and chamomile?

171) Laura acknowledged this compliment with a negligent wave of her left hand.

172) Dorian murmured a graceful compliment and looked round the room.

173) When people meet me for the first time, they often compliment me on the strength of my handshake and they're surprised that it comes from such a small person.

174) Jack is a young man who likes to think indepentively, he doesn't want to pay a compliment on his leaders.

175) Compliment and congratulate on the very different attitude, we can see that China's humility is to play down their own achievements, and other belongings.

176) Of course, there is the occasional miscreant standing in front of the classroom who encourages student failure as a backhanded compliment to his self-declared high standards.

177) Madame Defarge received it as a compliment, and looked at her husband.

178) Room noise but not compliment next door and corridor of voices can be heard very clearly.

179) Along with this disparagement of a compliment is the American tendency to laugh at one's own mistakes and admit one's weaknesses.

180) I got a guitar from a Hong Kong luthier as compliment.

181) Probably not, but he is the perfect compliment to Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson.

182) The slender Evanescent clock was designed to compliment society’s linear understanding of the briefness as well as the permanence of time.

183) This short compliment was thrown in so very seasonably upon my ugly face, that even though I disliked the silk, I desired him to cut me off the pattern of a nightcap.

184) After being paid a compliment he felt as if he were walking on air.

185) His voice and his twinkly smile were an affectionate compliment to his daughter-in-law.

186) Thanks, Steve . That's quite a compliment coming from you . You always dress so tastefully.

187) You do one act of kindness every day: make a cup of tea, pay a compliment.

188) A little gift, an off-hand compliment, a moment of physical contact can vastly strengthen a relationship.

189) I love the simplicity of the logotype combined with the mark. They compliment each other perfectly.

190) Arnold Toynbee compliment them and the twenty-first century's version, in addition to prattle about the past and predict the future of different things, its history monism, there is no different.

191) Pay a compliment to somebody everyday and your life will change in unimaginable ways.

192) It's why cat people compliment their cat's personality when they say it's doglike but a dog owner would never flatter their dog by calling him catlike.

193) She give a coy smile when he pay her a compliment.

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194) The solution to the dualistic simple indeterminate equation is proposed in this issue by using integer division with arithmetical compliment and iterative division.

195) She said little, assented only here and there, and betrayed no inclination either of appropriating any part of the compliment to herself, or of strengthening his views in favour of Northamptonshire.

196) If that is the way you jest at the courthouse, Messieurs the lawyers, I sincerely compliment you.

197) “Your boyfriend is a caveman,” may have been a compliment to some ancient humans.

198) City manager Hughes before an interview was very modest, greatly compliment tonight's opponent at war.

199) Ditch your Monas and avoid other chronic praisers until you begin to long for a compliment.