admirable
Example Sentences
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But New York’s once-forlorn NBA team plays an admirable, unselfish game.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026
Many on the team are doing admirable work.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026
Jack Thorne, who co-wrote last year’s prize-winning “Adolescence,” returns with another story of fractured childhood with an admirable, engrossing new adaptation of William Golding’s much-taught novel of boy castaways, “The Lord of the Flies.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026
"You are an admirable person in a society where young people need role models like you. Thank you for everything you have given us, everything you continue to give, and everything you still will."
From BBC • Apr. 29, 2026
While all the information in this version of the story is accurate, its admirable brevity creates some unfortunate historical casualties of its own.
From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis
Vocabulary lists containing admirable
Positive Words to Describe People, List 1
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"The Man in the Water" by Roger Rosenblatt
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