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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.

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lauding

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/law-ding/Used In Literature ↓

To praise, to glorify

In a Sentence

The teacher was lauding the student's effort during the assembly.

Origin

From Middle English lauden, from Old French louer ‘to praise’, ultimately from Latin laudare ‘to praise’.

Common Phrases

lauding while

Poetry examples for lauding

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

thousand chained Israelitish prisoners! For this exploit the

ragamuffin is lauding him to the skies! Hark! here comes a troop

of a similar description. They have made a Latin hymn upon the

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