admirable
Example Sentences
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And yet there’s something admirable in their scrappy monumentality, particularly during this time of Hollywood largesse for franchises and austerity for just about everything else.
Even if she rarely finds it, the pursuit is always interesting, and frankly, admirable.
From Salon
He went wicketless before his injury on day five, however, as England showed admirable fight.
From BBC
Also elusive is the source of Kayleen’s growing emotional distress, which Ms. Young conveys with an admirable absence of histrionics.
Understanding Clay, Ms. Marshall writes, “requires acknowledging that people could be on the so-called right side of history for reasons that seem not particularly admirable to us today.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
