Read full poem →to, though it could not have been prevented any length
of time, Having been recommended by the king. The
junction took place in the year lt>82, on which event
Dictionary Entry
To bestow commendation on; to represent favourably; to suggest, endorse or encourage as an appropriate choice.
In a Sentence
“The board recommends Philips, given his ample experience in similar positions.”
Origin
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Common Phrases
. recommended
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Poetry examples for “recommended”
Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.
Read full poem →expectation of being provided for by the Marquis of Gran-
by, to whom he was recommended by a gentleman who
had known his father. With this hope he removed to Lon-
Read full poem →and the parliament was loo compliant to slight a bill,
which came recommended from so powerful a quarter.
Read full poem →form of religion. It is no doubt true, that the Presbyterian church
government is most purely democratical; which perhaps recommended it
in Holland. It is also true, that the Presbyterian divines have always
Read full poem →All that on earth he held most dear,
He recommended to his care,
To whom both heaven
Read full poem →on Daily Devotion, in which that Duty is
recommended and assisted
On the Death of J. C. an Infant
Read full poem →reading his Sermons on DAILY DEVOTION,
in which that Duty is recommended and
assisted.
Read full poem →He was afterwards admitted into the family of the countess of Kent, where
he had the use of a library; and so much recommended himself to Selden,
that he was often employed by him in literary business. Selden, as is
Read full poem →He was educated first in the country, and then removed to Westminster,
where, in 1677, he was chosen a King’s Scholar, and recommended himself
to Busby by his felicity in extemporary epigrams. He contracted a very
Read full poem →His qualifications recommended him to many foreign employments, so that
his time seems to have been spent in negotiations. In 1692, he was sent