How to Use extol in a Sentence

extol

verb

• The health benefits of exercise are widely extolled.
• The ad went on to extol the virtues of the house and the ex-husband.
  — William Thornton | [e-mail], al, 25 Apr. 2022
• The Bible and the Quran both extol the virtue of silence.
  — Karen Elliott House, WSJ, 1 Nov. 2022
• In the scene, Gekko, played by a slick-haired Michael Douglas, extols the virtues of greed.
  — Pete Bigelow, Car and Driver, 9 Feb. 2018
• The park extols the virtues of age: Many of the rocks were formed hundreds of millions of years ago.
  — Andrea Sachs, chicagotribune.com, 4 May 2018
• Thomas has been a Cleveland Brown through and through, extolling the virtues of each new plan and the promise of each new coach.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 22 Dec. 2017
• Thursday to extol the virtues of the three-time Defensive Player of the Year.
  — Eric Walden, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Dec. 2021
• But not all great country songs extol the virtues of a happy life.
  — Readers, WSJ, 31 Aug. 2023
• The New York Times extolling her as somebody in the new generation.
  — Fox News, 8 July 2018
• Mullen himself is often there to extol the virtues of CBD in person.
  — Zoe Li, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023
• This news comes as a bit of a shock after many years of hearing the virtues of all things coconut extolled as a beauty and health aid.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 16 June 2017
• And ever since he's been extolling the virtues of safely viewing amateurs on the tee.
  — Chris Brodeur, courant.com, 20 June 2017
• So many ways to extol the virtues of such a wondrous being of pure light and joy, but everyone has done that.
  — Los Angeles Times, 7 Aug. 2022
• Some extol the virtues of simply getting drunk or stoned, while others look to brighter and more clear-eyed days ahead.
  — Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 24 Dec. 2021
• Biden already has two trips planned next week to extol the benefits of the package.
  — Kevin Liptak, CNN, 12 Nov. 2021
• In this ode to Mother Earth, close-up and wide-angle color photos extol land, sea and air.
  — Susan Faust, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2018
• The last were to be first and the first last; suffering was extolled; living fully in the Promised Land meant eschewing the pleasures of this one.
  — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
• Anyone extolled for keeping busy at all costs in the gig economy will see it, too.
  — Giulia Pines, The Atlantic, 12 Mar. 2018
• It’s not unique in singing martial hymns that extol our own greatness and the crushing of our enemies.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 May 2022
• And the glee with which this has been extolled as a victory is astonishing.
  — Adam Brewster, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2020
• The report, which has been previewed, is expected to extol the virtues of the body camera pilot.
  — Milton J. Valencia, BostonGlobe.com, 19 June 2018
• Fern names her van out of pride and surrounds herself with comrades who extol the virtues of their van-dwelling lifestyle.
  — Sarah Jones, Vulture, 25 Mar. 2021
• Sigler spent decades bending the ears of friends and neighbors extolling the virtues of his long lost 1940 Chevrolet convertible.
  — Vern Parker, Houston Chronicle, 13 Dec. 2019
• The lifelong fan of Nintendo extols the skills and passion of esports players.
  — Matt Day, The Seattle Times, 15 June 2017
• And yet his victories come up well down the line when clients, employees, friends and colleagues extol his virtues.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 4 May 2017
• National leaders of all stripes love to extol the toughness and courage of their people.
  — Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2020
• Outsiders who don’t extol our virtues join the mobs of history that martyred our founding prophet, Joseph Smith.
  — Lindsay Hansen Park, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2022
• Kylie Jenner and rapper Travis Scott extol the virtues of this classic sandwich.
  — cleveland, 2 Apr. 2021
• His high-energy videos extol the virtues of libraries, the people who work in them, the people who utilize them and the books and other resources that can be found within them.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2024
• History textbooks have been altered to extol the virtues of the war, basic military training is now part of the curriculum for high school seniors, and public spaces are filled with posters summoning Russian men to join the army.
  — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC News, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Nov 2024