Sentences with phrase «only faint praise»

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(2) St. Augustine flatly stated that marriage is a sin and St. Paul damned marriage with faint praise, remarking that to marry was only better than to burn (1 cor.
Coquelin 5 Our best midfielder — but considering he is the only one left that is faint praise indeed
It's personally my second favorite of the franchise, second only to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire, but it's hardly without problems, so perhaps I'm slightly damning with faint praise.
And yet, despite all this, Independence Day: Resurgence still emerges as one of the better blockbusters of this summer, and that's only halfway damning with faint praise.
At the same time, the praise for CER should only be faint.
The only praise he had for Ackman's investing acumen was faint indeed.
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