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Disparagement painted over with the brushstrokes of complimentary praise is still disparagement.

And so, NPR, please prepare a complimentary tote bag for Mr. Cantor.

Best Actress Oscar nominee Quvenzhané Wallis has been called a lot of things, most of them complimentary.

Complimentary and grateful, the president also allowed himself a moment of reflection.

The punchline, which Rivers argued was complimentary, concerned the first lady: “We used to have Jackie O, now we have Blackie O!”

It was somebody else, whose name he had forgotten, but of whom he went on to speak in not very complimentary terms.

Having had time to consider the Budget proposals in detail Mr. Asquith was less complimentary and more critical.

He was young to be a colonel, but the title was merely nominal and complimentary, and not given for any service to his country.

“You are very complimentary,” said Katie, with a glance at her cousin, which threw that young lady into silent convulsions.

"You aren't very complimentary to us," Frank grumbled, as he hunched himself over the wheel of Mollie's car.