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

Others remember it as a praiseworthy attempt to fight the endemic corruption that was holding back Nigeria's development.

From BBC • Jul. 13, 2025

But “The Many Lives of Martha Stewart” includes enough of a praiseworthy viewpoint for the audience to recognize the double standard to which she was subjected in her public life.

From Salon • Jan. 29, 2024

These were praiseworthy gestures, but it was hard to imagine that they would do him much good.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer