worthy

I’m not gonna go on a campaign to prove how worthy I am.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 9, 2026

I don’t remember what he said, but I vividly recall how he made me feel: worthy of his attention, valued, listened to.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026

A portion of the study focused specifically on ME/CFS and highlighted LAG3 as one gene worthy of further investigation.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth rolled out several good U.S. military initiatives on Wednesday, and usually the purpose of big speeches is to persuade the public of worthy ideas.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

From her mouth issued a torrent of words, a roiling sermon on injustice, inequality, and divine retribution worthy of the Baptist preachers of her youth.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

Mr. Bonds is as friendly as a whistling postman and, more than that, a baseball genius, according to testimonies from such worthies as Don Mattingly and Dusty Baker.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

After meeting the local worthies and unveiling plaques on visits, he always seems relieved to head into the crowds outside.

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2024

The answer, my worthies, is that it is nowhere to be found in the Constitution.

From Salon ● May 14, 2022

Other worthies such as Adam and the Ants and James Ingram were shut down in this category.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 2, 2022

Around about him everywhere lay the dead worthies of Boston.

From "Johnny Tremain" by Esther Hoskins Forbes

"Nothing is worthier than human life, specifically young life."

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2025

What’s worthier: the news story that matters now or the storytelling that pushes documentary filmmaking into the future?

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2024

Extensive development work is being conducted to give old clothes and textiles a worthier end.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 6, 2024

Through the miracle of technology, transhumanists believe that the human species must orchestrate its obsolescence so that some worthier, digitized human form might emerge, phoenix-like from its shadow.

From Slate ● Jan. 26, 2023

I wanted to make Joe less ignorant and common, that he might be worthier of my society and less open to Estella’s reproach.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Among his worthiest financial prescriptions is to marry well.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026

However while Musk and Altman have been focused on each trying to prove themselves the worthiest custodians of AI in court, their rivals have raced ahead.

From BBC ● May 19, 2026

But they also distract from a larger question about whether, even under the best conditions, trying to fulfill Musk’s highest aspirations for Twitter is the worthiest use of his time.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 7, 2022

“Summer of Soul’s” win was one of the worthiest of the night, and Questlove proceeded to give one of the evening’s most beautiful speeches.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 28, 2022

Though it was a forbidden love, still he felt it to be the worthiest thing about him, and the purest, and the deepest.

From "Tiger, Tiger" by Lynne Reid Banks