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.”
Just as admirable is the star of the show, which the chef cuts by hand with a knife so the pieces aren’t uniform.
From Washington Post
AUGUSTA, Ga. — When Brooks Koepka was blitzing through major championships like they were so many John Deere Classics and Phoenix Opens, he did so with an alpha arrogance that was simultaneously off-putting and admirable.
From Washington Post
But what is most admirable, at least for me, is the way he is able to lean into patience.
From New York Times
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