admirable

Example Sentences

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A second friendly defeat in four days was no calamity since it came on the back of an admirable performance, unworthy of booing.

From BBC

Figures like Alexander the Great, Julius Caesar and Napoleon were adventurers, and while perhaps not personally admirable, they changed history and changed it irrevocably:

From Salon

“The Power of Life” is packed with admirable scholarship; the author is an excellent stylist and accomplished historian.

From The Wall Street Journal

Our critic praised the star for “his admirable ability to give audiences a big bear hug without leaving the stage.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Hostin added that Smith’s behavior wasn’t admirable but rather, an outward display of “toxic masculinity.”

From Salon