admiring

Example Sentences

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I dismiss texts from two friends as I watch, admiring her aquarium-blue turtleneck.

From Slate • May 10, 2026

To Vogue, Sánchez Bezos recalled her first time walking the Met’s halls, admiring hundreds of years of careful curation and preservation, saying, “I remember standing in the galleries thinking, ‘Oh my gosh, somebody saved this.

From Salon • May 6, 2026

Farley has long been vocal on the existential threat posed by Chinese, simultaneously admiring their automotive prowess and warning they would upend the U.S. market if allowed in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Even Americans who have never watched a minute of C-SPAN, or get a little lost in the alphabet soup of other agencies, will probably never forget standing in Yosemite Valley and admiring a towering waterfall.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

“When’d they put this here?” he remarked, admiring the three-story structure with gracefully arched windows and a strongly detailed roofline.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein