admirable
Example Sentences
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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.”
Bath's win was all the more admirable as they only took the lead for the first time in the 54th minute, having fallen 14-0 behind early on.
From Barron's
We rightly fear nuclear proliferation, and yet “amazing grace and good fortune,” and admirable postwar statecraft, “actually bent the arc of history.”
And the children had showed admirable restraint when it came to both squirrels and pigeons; Penelope had only had to offer a few cautionary reminders and the occasional distracting biscuit.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
