Collocation Dictionary
Common collocations with commend in American Collocation
very much
highly
strongly
It is an excellent textbook and is to be highly commended.
in particular
especially
particularly
specially
The judges particularly commended the participants for the effort they had put in.
with friendly enthusiasm
heartily
warmly
wholeheartedly
The alterations came in for criticism by some and were warmly commended by others!
The new system was complex and seemed to have little to commend it.