How to Use admirable in a Sentence

admirable

adjective
Definition of admirablenext
Synonyms for admirablenext
  • Loyalty was her most admirable quality.
  • The honey does an admirable job of couching the rum’s heavy funk.
    — Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2023
  • The amount of growth the character has shown over the last six episodes has been admirable.
    — Janelle Okwodu, Vogue, 14 July 2021
  • The Patriots did an admirable job corralling Allen much of the day.
    — Ben Volin, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Jan. 2023
  • That, to me, is the most admirable and applicable thing of all.
    — Christine Werthman, Billboard, 26 June 2024
  • Having the willingness to do it is an admirable trait, but that would lead him to a sort of death.
    — Emily Blackwood, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Those workers’ care and respect for the Olympians and those of us who will be around them for the next three weeks is admirable.
    — Christine Brennan, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2022
  • What was most admirable about these new pieces was the relaxed feel of each garment.
    — Robyn Mowatt, Essence, 10 Sep. 2023
  • That’s admirable ambition, and a lot of it worked very well.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Our take: The amount of training this requires is admirable.
    — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
  • The intent to improve is admirable—who doesn't want to be better, faster, and smarter?
    — Stephen Miles, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Those are admirable goals, even if they can’t always be achieved.
    — Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 July 2021
  • Just getting up and getting on planes at that age is admirable.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The actions of the large banks are admirable, but clearly, this is only a short-run answer.
    — Maureen O’Hara, Fortune, 23 Mar. 2023
  • The Ravens did an admirable job bottling up the MVP candidate, but not long enough.
    — Baltimore Sun Staff, Baltimore Sun, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Some of Ness’s work in this role was admirable, like busting crooked precinct captains.
    — Sam Kean, Washington Post, 16 Sep. 2022
  • All of these flourishes are done with an admirable straight face.
    — Brian Feldman, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Is following the heart there an admirable act, or a selfish one?
    — Monica Hesse, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The Menendez case is a prime illustration of what Fuller finds so admirable about Burgess and her work over the decades.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 16 July 2024
  • That’s really the attribute of Jessie that’s most admirable.
    — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Guys and girls that are playing right now are at a level that is truly admirable.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2022
  • While wanting to reach the top of the career ladder is admirable, be sure to keep your dream in perspective.
    — Tarot Astrologers, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • Along the way, the show does an admirable job of critiquing suburbia, teen culture and the status quo, but with lots of heart, too.
    — Shayna Murphy, USA TODAY, 17 May 2021
  • Bainum’s efforts to buy the Baltimore Sun look even more admirable now.
    — Washington Post, 21 May 2021
  • The effort was admirable, but the result was a bit uninspiring.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 18 Oct. 2024
  • The character-first focus is admirable, and there are moments of sweetness with the main duo.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The same might be said of this admirable, ambitious novel.
    — Kate Christensen, New York Times, 11 May 2024
  • Vucevic is a free agent after this season, and the team’s attempt to build a contender on the fly, while admirable, hasn’t worked out.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2023
  • The gas system worked well and did an admirable job of reducing recoil.
    — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Advertisement Kurzel presents the iconography of America’s off-the-grid militia members — flags, swastikas, flyers in bars inviting the curious to meetings — with admirable straightforwardness.
    — Joshua Rothkopf, Los Angeles Times, 7 Dec. 2024

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