appraising

Example Sentences

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Appraising her face once more, Wu said, “I mean, I feel like I’m at a magazine shoot, but I’m not sure I feel like the character.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

Appraising the Olympics as a whole is difficult, since it means different things to planners, residents, visitors, and athletes.

From Slate • Aug. 3, 2016

Appraising an abstract expressionist work that’s a snarl of snaking lines, Lionel steps forward and backward, forward and backward, as if engaged in a court dance.

From Washington Post • May 17, 2016

Some reviews were less than tender with Variety stating: "Appraising Presley as an actor, he ain't. Not that it makes much difference. There are four songs, and lotsa Presley wriggles thrown in for good measure."

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 16, 2014

Appraising myself in the mirror as I brushed my teeth, I kept thinking there were two kinds of adults: There were Peter Van Houtens—miserable creatures who scoured the earth in search of something to hurt.

From "The Fault in Our Stars" by John Green