Definition: 1. Say something to someone that expresses praise. 2. Express congratulations. 3. Be proud of. 4. Pride or congratulate (oneself) for an achievement.
Use 'congratulate' in a sentence:
1. I congratulated him on having passed the examination.
2. We specifically wanted to congratulate certain players.
3. I was absolutely astonished by the reaction to our engagement. Everyone started congratulating us.
4. I really must congratulate the organizers for a well run and enjoyable event.
5. Today is his wedding day and many of his colleagues came to congratulate him.
6. I may congratulate you, for they lifted themselves on high most majestically!
7. I congratulate all of you on this achievement.
8. We congratulated her upon her attainment to so great an age.
9. I really must congratulate the organisers for a well run and enjoyable event.
10. After three days and nights, the people all thought that Zhou Chu had died. They were jubilant and congratulated one another.
11. Journalists have been congratulating themselves on the role the press has played in the investigations.
12. My dear father, I congratulate you.
13. The party is a chance for friends and family to congratulate the person on the new home.
14. Rick: I congratulate you.
15. Today was a really tough day, but I have to congratulate Na Li because she's really grown up fastly this year and she played really well.
16. If our birthday is coming soon, do you wish that at least one person could congratulate you with a beautiful card then?
17. I would, first of all, congratulate you on taking the first step of starting to learn that language.
18. We congratulated him on his being admitted to the Party.
19. A small official under him heard that he was born in the year of "the rat". To curry2 the official's favour, he had a gold rat cast as a birthday present and went to the official's house to congratulate him on his birthday.
20. I had hoped to send Peter a gift to congratulate him on his marriage, but I couldn't manage it.
21. We congratulated him upon his attainment to so great an age.
22. People congratulate me.
23. You might have 20 different but equal skills and interests, which if you do, I congratulate you.
24. I warmly congratulated him on the marvellous achievement.
25. She could not but congratulate him.
26. You are to be congratulated.
27. Jane, I congratulate you.
28. I gonna congratulate him tomorrow, yeah.
29. A fisherman, Bei Gongzhi got a very precious and rare luminous1 pearl, and all his acquaintances came to congratulate him.
30. I congratulated them all on their results.
31. Please allow me to congratulate you with all my heart on your great achievement.
32. Go on! you are right this time. I should congratulate you.
33. I'd like to congratulate all of you who have made progress in the past three years.
34. You can congratulate yourself on having done an excellent job.
35. Jefferson had congratulated his fellow-citizens on possessing a chosen country.
36. I congratulate both Alan and Harvard.
37. We congratulated them on what they had achieved.
38. Soon after the show, my family came backstage to congratulate me.
39. Soon, member from both teams got around Mickey, congratulating him on his goal ．
40. I must congratulate you on.
41. First, congratulate yourself.
42. Let me congratulate you.
43. I congratulate you.
44. I want to congratulate you.
45. Waterstone has every reason to congratulate himself.
46. We congratulate you beforehand on your success.
47. I should congratulate you that you resisted the temptation.
48. You see, Tom didn't care--in fact he congratulated them both with the utmost sincerity.
49. He was generous enough to congratulate his successor on his decision.
50. The authors are to be congratulated on producing such a clear and authoritative work.
51. She congratulated him on the birth of his son.
52. Let me congratulate you on your winning first place in the 100 metre dash.
