praiseworthy

Example Sentences

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The announcement of Dudamel’s first New York season, while praiseworthy, brought an earful of gripes about his speaking in platitudes from hardcore New Yorkers unimpressed by uplift.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

For one thing, his novel is one of the few that looks at colonizing Mars as a legitimate, even praiseworthy, escape plan.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

Vance, have emphasized social campaigns, such as pressuring employers to fire people who celebrated the death—or, in some cases, who simply questioned whether Kirk was a praiseworthy figure.

From Slate • Oct. 1, 2025

“The effort is praiseworthy, but so excessively tardy that it is perfectly useless,” a collective of linguists wrote in the Liberation newspaper on Thursday.

From BBC • Nov. 14, 2024

Laurie bit his lips, and turning a little from the pensive speaker, read the following document, with praiseworthy gravity, considering the spelling:

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott