How to Use acclaim in a Sentence

acclaim

1 of 2 verb
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  • The critics have acclaimed her performance.
  • His albums are among the most acclaimed of the past decade.
    — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2023
  • In the early 1930s Wright began to reemerge to acclaim in the public eye.
    — Anthony Alofsin, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Feb. 2020
  • The result, the first Solo, was shown, and acclaimed, at the 1984 British Motor Show.
    — Ray Hutton, Car and Driver, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Games of Thrones premiered in 2011 to acclaim from critics and fans alike.
    — Dory Jackson, PEOPLE.com, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The first run of the show was a massive success, and your performances were acclaimed.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 28 Sep. 2023
  • Wolff is Swedish, and has published two novels and a book of short stories, all to acclaim.
    — New York Times, 12 July 2022
  • Rainbow Soup was released in June 2020 to acclaim from children and adults across the country.
    — Steve Smith, courant.com, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Pa was a tall, handsome bowtie-wearing man who was acclaimed as one of the great orators of his era.
    — Dave Lieber, Dallas News, 28 June 2023
  • Their work has been highly acclaimed, before the Nobel and after.
    — The Economist, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Two of the four vocalists that make up the act, Lisa and Rosé, have launched solo careers in the past few months, both to acclaim and massive chart success all around the world.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 5 Oct. 2021
  • The Pencil is widely acclaimed by artists as an effective tool.
    — Samuel Axon, Ars Technica, 26 Mar. 2020
  • Records in Texas detail the types of books people want banned from schools, many of them award-winning or critically acclaimed.
    — Tyler Kingkade, NBC News, 2 June 2023
  • Directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins and with a score by Bernstein and Sondheim, it, too, was acclaimed.
    — Mark Kennedy, BostonGlobe.com, 31 July 2019
  • And the councilman who acclaimed Solvang’s friendliness — Robert Clarke — made some of the most heated and unfriendly comments of all.
    — Hailey Branson-Potts, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023
  • Vuong’s broad readership owes as much to acclaim from celebrity fans as to the praise of the literary establishment.
    — WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022
  • The record marked their first album in six years, following 2017’s acclaimed After Laughter.
    — Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The film has a 98% rating on Rotten Tomatoes at the time of writing, and has been acclaimed by viewers across social media since its release.
    — Gianluca Russo, Teen Vogue, 23 June 2019
  • Wallace, 48, has risen to acclaim as a strident critic of President Trump.
    — Washington Post, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Parsons Dance Company has been going since the early 1980s and is still acclaimed for its freshness.
    — courant.com, 7 Nov. 2019
  • Now that story is the basis for her second feature film, The Farewell, which premiered to acclaim at Sundance in January.
    — Alissa Wilkinson, Vox, 9 July 2019
  • Throughout her nearly five decade career, Lange has been acclaimed as one of the greatest of her generation.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The band was among the most acclaimed of its generation, and Stipe was always its most recognizable member.
    — Jon Mooallem, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2023
  • Toasting requires a big gesture in Italian culture, so be ready to acclaim Viva l’Italia!
    — Laura Manske, Forbes, 27 Dec. 2022
  • For that era, both albums were the rare perfect storm in pop music of being both critically acclaimed widely beloved.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Prior to Givenchy, Keller had been highly acclaimed at Chloé and was credited for bringing a '70s bohemian, feminine flair to the brand.
    — Katie Attardo, Marie Claire, 10 Apr. 2020
  • At Manhattan’s acclaimed Stuyvesant High School, just seven black students were among the 895 admitted.
    — Jim Stergios, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Aug. 2019
  • The series has garnered enough audience acclaim this spring that it has already been renewed for a second season.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Get our daily newsletter That book was acclaimed as a searing insight into the semiotics of Vladimir Putin’s Russia.
    — The Economist, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Paying for a few more reporters and to fix the coffee machine can earn you acclaim for a lot less effort than, say, spending two decades building the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
    — New York Times, 10 Apr. 2021
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acclaim

2 of 2 noun
  • Her performance in the ballet earned her critical acclaim.
  • She deserves acclaim for all her charitable works.
  • Efron earned acclaim for his role in last year’s movie The Iron Claw.
    — Ryan Gajewski, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
  • But back in their late ’80s prime, the band didn’t lack for attention and acclaim.
    — Simon Reynolds, Pitchfork, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Do the Tonys favor what’s still running or what got acclaim last year but didn’t last?
    — Vulture, 2 May 2023
  • Gibbs and Madlib released Piñata to great acclaim in March 2014.
    — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2024
  • But in her Rock and Roll Hall of Fame acceptance speech, the musician took a moment to bask in the acclaim.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
  • On the one hand were those who gave most of the acclaim to the Soviet Union’s final leader, Mikhail Gorbachev.
    — Sean T. Byrnes, The New Republic, 6 July 2023
  • But, as has been evident for more than a decade, André doesn’t want that kind of acclaim — at least not right now.
    — Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The opening night of the tour at the O2 Arena in London was greeted with near-universal acclaim.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Published in 1961, the book received mild acclaim from reviewers in its day but found deep ...
    — Daniel Foster, National Review, 24 Aug. 2023
  • Brendan won for his role in The Whale, which has received critical acclaim across the board since its release.
    — Country Living Staff, Country Living, 13 Mar. 2023
  • The debut feature had received wide acclaim as the first Malaysian film in many years to play in Cannes, the first by a Malaysian woman director.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Since its June 2022 debut, the series has received acclaim from critics and fans alike.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • He is known in the art world as the discoverer of Giotto, a pre-Renaissance era artist with high acclaim.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Jack Daniel’s released a 10-year-old whiskey last year to great acclaim, the first to carry that age statement from the distillery in more than a century.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2023
  • The show aired its series finale to critical acclaim on May 28.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Having been preserved, Danish dance rapidly won acclaim across Europe and in the United States from the late 1940s on.
    — Alastair MacAulay, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Easily the guy with the most credits to his name, Jones recently gained acclaim for his role as the fish in the Oscar-winning movie the Shape of Water.
    — Ale Russian, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • But despite critical acclaim and a raucous response from fans, the film also marked the end of an era — the band never toured again.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The film opened in theaters to critical acclaim last fall and earned $20 million at the domestic box office.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The show closely resembled the format of the TV program that would bring Reubens national acclaim.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2023
  • Considering its marked critical acclaim, there's a good chance that The Bear will come again.
    — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 8 July 2023
  • As a solo artist, Isbell achieved acclaim but didn’t exactly make the sky rain money.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 9 Apr. 2023
  • The show first premiered in 1999 and quickly gained a rabid fanbase and critical acclaim.
    — Gabe Hauari, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • His business is doing well, after all, with acclaim coming from users on Yelp, Untappd and the likes.
    — Michael McGough, Sacramento Bee, 30 Jan. 2024
  • The record was released to high acclaim across various channels, helping launch her career to new heights.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 31 Oct. 2023
  • Meta’s new Twitter rival, Threads, débuted to wide acclaim, gaining tens of millions of users overnight.
    — Eli Coyote Mandel, The New Yorker, 15 July 2023
  • His former flame Ann Reinking restored those moves for the 1996 revival, and performed them alongside Bebe Neuwirth to great acclaim.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • The catch, however, is that the car has received critical reviews rather than wide acclaim.
    — Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024

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