estimable

Example Sentences

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Because one, it’s in and of itself estimable.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 12, 2026

The book is ostensibly “authored” by McCartney even though it is an oral history that has been edited by Ted Widmer, an estimable historian and a former speechwriter for Bill Clinton.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 30, 2025

I was hoping Joe would feel some similarly competitive outrage toward the rolling trapezoid, deficient in Americana, ignorant of history, nothing like the estimable Hummer.

From Slate • Jun. 22, 2025

That’s an estimable goal, and while I’m unsure how any movie could foresee the future of cinema, I love the optimism of that statement.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Jo saw and understood the look, and she stalked grimly away to get wine and beef tea, muttering to herself as she slammed the door, “I hate estimable young men with brown eyes!”

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott