He showered me with compliments.

Not much, but full of praise.

It is most often lauded for supplying new jobs.

19. His delegation noted with satisfaction the arrangements that had been made for the International Year of the Family (1994), an initiative that was all the more commendable because the family was the foundation block on which society was built, formed the basis of all societal arrangements, and contributed to stability and development in the civil polity.