admiration
Example Sentences
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Ben Sasse has earned respect and admiration for many years and for a wide variety of good reasons.
She melted into a crowd led by Goodyear staff, directing the fans around the entirety of the blimp — tiny planets orbiting a sun, pulled in by a gravitational force of awe and admiration.
From Los Angeles Times
Shane, a Canadian, does the same but with a smile and a gesture of professional admiration.
From Salon
But the high regard many critics have for his work is based less on nostalgia than on an admiration for the way he has maintained his freewheeling spirit well into the 21st century.
But under the circumstances, Miniutti had nothing but admiration for the mountain staff for keeping the run open despite the seemingly impossible weather.
From Los Angeles Times
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