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.”
But what is most admirable, at least for me, is the way he is able to lean into patience.
From New York Times
“It’s completely insane — the speed with which these producers are acting is nuts and completely admirable.”
From New York Times
Watch the Illinois Policy Institute’s documentary “Local 1” on the CTU’s descent from an admirable origin into the sacrifice of children for adults’ gains.
From Washington Post
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