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
  • On a smaller scale, even the admirable Torey Krug has moved on.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Jan. 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
  • This is both an admirable sentiment and an easy one for Lear to have had.
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 5 Feb. 2025
  • Long ago were the days when only a negative STD test was the mark of an admirable date.
    — Jay R. Jordan, Chron, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The intent to improve is admirable—who doesn't want to be better, faster, and smarter?
    — Stephen Miles, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Your high standards are admirable, and those freshmen are lucky to have you.
    — cleveland, 3 Mar. 2021
  • 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
  • While the goal is admirable, the logic of the measure—which was championed by the Trump White House—is hard to defend.
    — Lila MacLellan, Quartz, 21 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • And the third row folds flat into the floor, allowing for an admirable amount of cargo space.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2020
  • 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
  • The doctors’ sense of humor and compassion turn out to be just as admirable as their skills with a scalpel.
    — Star Tribune, 3 Dec. 2020
  • But since then, the team has done an admirable job of making that game look like an aberration.
    — Sarah McLellan, Star Tribune, 16 Apr. 2021
  • 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
  • The goals of this project are admirable, but face psychological headwinds because focusing on threats and evil is part of human nature.
    — Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 7 Feb. 2025

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