How to Use admirable in a Sentence

admirable

adjective
  • Loyalty was her most admirable quality.
  • Our take: The amount of training this requires is admirable.
    Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 7 Nov. 2024
  • Erika was just head-on ignoring it to a level that is almost admirable.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 15 Sep. 2021
  • Aspirational thinking is healthy and admirable, but not in all cases.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Her warmth, wisdom, and vulnerability are just a few of her many admirable traits that will be missed.
    Lynette Rice, EW.com, 20 Aug. 2021
  • True Freshman Eddie Czaplicki did an admirable job with two punts for an average of 46 yards.
    Michelle Gardner, The Arizona Republic, 3 Sep. 2021
  • Vaccines are mandated, as are masks, and landlords have done admirable work upgrading ventilation systems.
    Lee Seymour, Forbes, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Dear Been There: You were really being taken advantage of, and your resolve is admirable.
    cleveland, 12 Sep. 2021
  • So while the Sunshine State’s efforts to take action against Big Tech are admirable, its approach should not be replicated.
    Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 18 Sep. 2021
  • Putting aside Bush’s subsequent failures as a chief executive, and the messy process that put him in office, his victory speech was an admirable work of statesmanship.
    Gilbert Garcia, San Antonio Express-News, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The competition aims to show the woman behind the uniform, and while her seven years of service in the U.S. Navy is admirable, there’s so much more to her.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 29 Sep. 2021
  • While being an informed citizen who's up to date on the race and the candidates' stances and plans is admirable, there is such a thing as burning out on political news when the election is so emotional and heated.
    Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 4 Nov. 2024
  • The staff and volunteers of an organization are typically passionate about the mission, and the mission of Girl Scouts is admirable.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
  • The honey does an admirable job of couching the rum’s heavy funk.
    Jason O'Bryan, Robb Report, 25 Feb. 2023
  • 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
  • The intent to improve is admirable—who doesn't want to be better, faster, and smarter?
    Stephen Miles, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • 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
  • 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

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