Definition of "lauded" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of laud. (verb)

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• "In addition, Mr. Holder provided a three-word answer early on this morning that Senator Durbin lauded as welcome: “Waterboarding is torture.”"
• "The plumber who John McCain lauded as an Everyman while oddly proclaiming Congratulations!"
• "Following the models set in lauded tales from "A Christmas Carol" to "Mary Poppins", the four Willoughbys hope to attain their proscribed happy ending too, or at least a satisfyingly maudlin one."