21.   Not quite condemnation with faint praise, but hardly a ringing endorsement either.

22.   On a night when they could have doffed their caps to Jose Lima, the Mariners ladled out a little faint praise instead.

23.   Presidents who think they have been wounded by aides ease them out or at least damn them with faint praise.

24.   Republicans damned the plan with faint praise, saying it took the best parts of their own plan but failed to reduce taxes.

25.   Still, Coverdale offered only faint praise for the quality of his parenting over the years.

26.   That may sound like faint praise, but the particle physicists have reason to be wary.

27.   The Grand Am seemed the best of the three, to damn it with faint praise.

28.   The statement threw faint praise on the exercise, a gathering of foreign ministers and some well-known human rights figures orchestrated by the U.S. State Department.

29.   The tendency in my racket and in television has been to either dismiss the Free Time folks or damn them with faint praise.

30.   Their quarterback, Brian Griese, was noted for his efficiency and mistake-free decision making, which is pretty faint praise.