Interjection : congratulations! You have just won the lottery!. From Dictionary.com.
I am glad that these sites exist but the self-congratulation is getting a little much. From Wordnik.com. [A critic's life can be a happy one, with the right frame of mind. Robert Birnbaum talks to Pulitzer-prize winner Gail Caldwell about a life well read, 19th-century novels, and the changing of hearts.] Reference
Again congratulation, "FORWARD FOR EVER, BACKWARD NEVER" USA. From Wordnik.com. [Obama says his campaign is 'within reach of the nomination'] Reference
Self-congratulation is easy; the truth hurts. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney named Conservative of the Year] Reference
How hardly will poetry consent to employ such words as "congratulation" or. From Wordnik.com. [Style] Reference
Andrew enjoyed a special 'congratulation' from the other coopers at the firm. From Wordnik.com. [icWestlothian] Reference
Keep in mind that once you receive the "congratulation" message your account is good forever. From Wordnik.com. [Pollstar Photo RSS Feed] Reference
All you get is the word "congratulation" ... did they run out of memory before they could put the "s" at the end?. From Wordnik.com. [digg.com: Stories / Popular] Reference
After you send back the confirmation request we'll send you a "congratulation" message acknowledging that your account has been set up. From Wordnik.com. [Pollstar Photo RSS Feed] Reference
All Pietersen could contribute was a tweet of congratulation. From Wordnik.com. [Youngsters guide Hampshire to thrilling win in Twenty20 final] Reference
The crown and the congratulation were conveyed to the Temple. From Wordnik.com. [Saronia A Romance of Ancient Ephesus] Reference
Everett wrote him a letter of congratulation upon his success. From Wordnik.com. [The Life of Abraham Lincoln] Reference
Money, indeed, flowed in as well as congratulation and praises. From Wordnik.com. [Grace Darling Heroine of the Farne Islands] Reference
It is a matter of congratulation that they have not this power. From Wordnik.com. [History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States] Reference
Luigi's in congratulation was firmer and more cordial than Elmer. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
We could have used just a touch of post-9/11 self-congratulation. From Wordnik.com. [The Inaugural Blog] Reference
Mr. Lake received a telegram of congratulation from his first wife. From Wordnik.com. [Reno — a Book of Short Stories and Information] Reference
There was no triumphalism; just a quiet tone of self-congratulation. From Wordnik.com. [Liberal Democrat conference live - Wednesday 22 September] Reference
A smirk of self-congratulation soon decorated Sir Fassade's handsome face. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from the Old Attic] Reference
Daily Kos held a convention last week in Texas full of self-congratulation. From Wordnik.com. [All Umbrage All the Time] Reference
The moon is a prominent object of attention and congratulation at this time. From Wordnik.com. [Moon Lore] Reference
Ilham Aliyev's letter of congratulation was read at the start of the wedding. From Wordnik.com. [Harut Sassounian: Senate Should Reject Bryza as Ambassador to Azerbaijan] Reference
But then, on the instant, the valiant prince paid me a visit of congratulation. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver] Reference
The congratulation -- the illumination -- all was lost in the wild wish for vengeance. From Wordnik.com. [Edmond Dantès] Reference
Without a pause for breath or congratulation they turned to the necessity of the moment. From Wordnik.com. [Americans All Stories of American Life of To-Day] Reference
The President of Congress, Don Mariano Yañez, replied in a short address of congratulation. From Wordnik.com. [The International Monthly, Volume 2, No. 4, March, 1851] Reference
Words of earnest argument and warning counsel rather than of congratulation rise to our lips. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
When cards with a message of congratulation are left in person, nothing should be written on it. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of Good Manners; a Guide to Polite Usage for All Social Functions] Reference
But when the report of the Professor's case was sent in, they found more cause for congratulation. From Wordnik.com. [Madeline Payne, the Detective's Daughter] Reference
Here she wagged her head in self-congratulation at her own astuteness, and Stephen flushed angrily. From Wordnik.com. [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 5, June 1905] Reference
The Tony Awards, Broadway's annual orgy of self-congratulation, may not be as orgiastic as usual this year. From Wordnik.com. [Broadway: And The Winner Is...No One?] Reference
Though hardly disdainful or haughty, Obama has a whiff of entitlement that can border on self-congratulation. From Wordnik.com. [An Unfamiliar Narrative] Reference
Compliance will not come any time soon -- but that didn't stop both sides 'self-congratulation on last week's deals. From Wordnik.com. [Behind The Boasting] Reference
If Wen and his colleagues wait to seize the initiative, there'll be little cause for self-congratulation in the years to come. From Wordnik.com. [Analysis: Too Soon To Celebrate] Reference
Separately, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said now is not the time for "premature victory parades or self-congratulation.". From Wordnik.com. [Obama Marks End of Iraq Combat Mission] Reference
THE NATIONAL BASKETBALL ASSOCIATION has been celebrating its 50th anniversary this season with much hoopla and self-congratulation. From Wordnik.com. [Nothing But Rim] Reference
There was, in this sense, something deeply Orwellian about last week's orgy of self-congratulation over the balanced-budget agreement. From Wordnik.com. [Balancing Act] Reference
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