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How to use kudos in a sentence

11 example sentences · noun, interjection, verb

Kudos means praise; accolades. Example: “The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.”

Examples of kudos by meaning

nounPraise; accolades.

  • The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.
  • I gave Chelsea much kudos for the birth of her first daughter.
  • But it will bring you no kudos—the case against him will be dismissed at once!1920, Agatha Christie, The Mysterious Affair at Styles

nounCredit for one's achievements.

  • Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 19, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC

verbTo give praise or accolades.

  • Tinsley likes a bit of kudosing every now and then.2018, Margaret Edds, We Face the Dawn

More sentences with kudos

  • Some people are built different, and kudos to them who are like that, but I'm built different.2017 July 14, Alysha Tsuji, quoting Chris Paul, “Chris Paul Quoted ‘Talladega Nights’ while Talking about Rockets’ Goal of Winning a…. From the entry built different
  • I just wanted to give kudos to the new(ish) PrepModules feature.2004 May 17, Chip Seraphine, “PrepModules() rocketh mightily”, in gnu.cfengine.help (Usenet). From the entry despaghettify
  • We accept money, approved modal barter, agalmic kudos metrics, temporal futures, and—”2004, Timelike Diplomacy: Singularity Sky and Iron Sunrise. From the entry agalmics
  • The modern Chanakya deserves kudos for explicit bravery."2015, Ajit Sherawat, “The Siblings Settle Down”, in Born in the Second Wind, New Delhi: Srishti Publishers & Distributors, →ISBN, page 36. From the entry Chanakya
  • Kudos and a back pat for the Tallahassee Democrat for its efforts to transform itself from an outdated liberal rag to a responsible newspaper offering a broad spectrum of opinions.1992 May 29, Yvonne White, “Thanks for positive stories”, in Tallahassee Democrat, 87th year, number 150, page 8A. From the entry back pat
  • Meanwhile Nanny Broome was recovering from her initial panic and now seemed anxious to make up for any kudos she might have lost, by exerting her personality to the utmost.1963, Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 232. From the entry shake

Meaning of kudos

  1. noun Praise; accolades.
  2. noun Credit for one's achievements.
  3. interjection An interjection indicating praise or approval or as an acknowledgement of a laudable achievement.

Full definition of kudos

Questions about kudos in a sentence

How do you use kudos in a sentence?
Kudos is used as a noun, interjection and verb. For example: “The talented, young playwright received much kudos for his new drama.”
What is a short sentence with kudos?
“The modern Chanakya deserves kudos for explicit bravery."”
What does kudos mean?
Kudos means praise; accolades.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: kudos (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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