admirable
Example Sentences
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For now, he’s done something admirable, taking the resources his unexpected success made available to him and trying something new.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
It’s an admirable impulse — and one rooted in a genuine sense of civic duty.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 3, 2026
His determination may be admirable, but the sheer, futile arrogance of such a display backfires in equally spectacular fashion.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026
A draw away from home in 2017 was an admirable effort and the 2023 fightback almost felt like a victory.
From BBC ● Jul. 12, 2026
Robert Boyle asked: And how will it be prov’d, that the Omniscient God, or that admirable Contriver, Nature, can exhibit Phaenomena by no wayes, but such as are explicable, by the dim Reason of Man?
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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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