- present tense form of admire (3rd person singular).
admires
Example Sentences
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The obvious gem of the collection is the attention-getting title story, about the Canadian Nobel laureate Alice Munro, who died in 2024 — and whose complex, layered short fiction Aviv admires.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
“Everyone’s impacted by the cost of living, and it gets us away from some of this divisive politics,” he said, citing New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani, whom Burnham admires.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 20, 2026
Buffett admires him, and Cook could bring stature and tech savvy to a company that isn’t a leader in employing technology.
From Barron's ● Apr. 24, 2026
Within the song’s verses, Kiedis gives shout-outs to other artists he admires, including Charlie Parker and Julia Butterfly Hill.
From Salon ● Apr. 4, 2026
“You give it to him, he admires it, then he gives it away,” says Pedro Leyva.
From "Enrique's Journey" by Sonia Nazario
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