lodare in English:

They commended him for his dilligence.

They should be commended for their bravery.

to praise someone or something formally or publicly His photograph was highly commended. An example of commend is giving someone an excellent job reference.

His photograph was highly commended in the Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition.

And first, I commend you on your model...

Rows of houses, each of them different and pleasing with their spacious gardens, are replaced by purely functional blocks of flats which have nothing more to commend them than over-praised 'modern conveniences'.

I am difficult to please; I only give praise when I think something is exceptional.

praise the lord

Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears; I come to bury Caesar, not to praise him.

Proper praise stinks.

Praise stimulates students to work hard.

Do not trust such men as praise you to your face.

Everyone loves to hear praise, but over-praise has the opposite effect of sounding insincere.

Always praise he who brought coffee to Europe.

The seventy disciples received the teaching of Confucius in the oral form, for words that satirize, criticize, praise, conceal, suppress, or ridicule cannot appear in writing.

It's not immoral for a novelist to tell lies. In fact, the bigger the lies, the better lies, and the more the common folks and critics will praise you.

Diogenes would frequently praise those who were about to marry, and yet did not marry.

Now we are a good team and other teachers praise our class and are jealous of our form master’s success.

Some praised his decision, but others said he had gone too far.

My piano teacher always praised me even though I didn't make any progress.

parents should praise children not only for good marks but also for clever ideas