admirable
Example Sentences
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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.”
They find astonishing rhythmic freedom within the confines of their admirable discipline, a lilt to their phrasing that surely stems from the folk songs they so eagerly arrange and perform together.
From New York Times
A failure to prohibit TRAPs and other noncompete-like contracts would render the FTC’s admirable initiative all for naught.
From Washington Post
With admirable speed, regional leaders agreed to send a team of three heads of state to Khartoum.
From Washington Post
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