admiringly
Example Sentences
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As Tenacity admiringly puts it, that’s “one shrewd detective.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 2026
He has said that Trump has admiringly called him a "tough cookie" in private conversations, punctuating the point with a serviceable impersonation of the president.
From BBC ● May 18, 2026
The 28th president, Thomas said, “aspired to be like Germany, where the people, he said admiringly, were ‘docile and acquiescent.’”
From Salon ● Apr. 19, 2026
“Every single song she’s released captures specific emotions,” Sheeran says admiringly of Moroney, adding that he and his family have kept her first two albums on repeat in their house.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 25, 2026
She was evidently very pleased, for she kept running the skin backwards and forwards through her fingers and looking at it admiringly.
From "Mary Poppins" by P. L. Travers
