ADMIRE in a Sentence

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280 example sentences for ADMIRE, such as:

1. He pretends to admire me, though privately he hates me.
2. Mother would admire his warm heart, Father his wise head.
3. All the men in her circle seemed to admire her and envy me.
4. You may not like him, but you have got to admire his persistence.
5. I really admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.

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 Meanings and Examples of ADMIRE
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admire
 v.  regard with wonder or astonishment; view with surprise
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  I admire to do it, and you'd be a regular little beauty with a touch here and there.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINE
2  The parrot alone was enough to drive her distracted, for he soon felt that she did not admire him, and revenged himself by being as mischievous as possible.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINETEEN
3  They are wild to see the river, sketch the broken bridge, and copy some of the things they admire in my book.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX
4  No, it wouldn't," returned Jo, "I neither like, respect, nor admire Tudor, though his grandfather's uncle's nephew's niece was a third cousin to a lord.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE
5  Mother would admire his warm heart, Father his wise head.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE
6  There were plenty of pretty faces to admire, but the young man took little notice of them, except to glance now and then at some blonde girl in blue.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN
7  Jo wouldn't love him, but he might make her respect and admire him by doing something which should prove that a girl's 'No' had not spoiled his life.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-ONE
8  I shall miss my boy, but I shall love the man as much, and admire him more, because he means to be what I hoped he would.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER FORTY-THREE
9  Never yet did such a young plant shoot out of the ground as that was, and I admired and wondered at it exactly as I now admire and wonder at yourself.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VI
10  Then the goddess shed grace and beauty over her that all the Achaeans might admire her.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XVIII
11  Most gentlemen would admire her, I thought; and that he did admire her, I already seemed to have obtained proof: to remove the last shade of doubt, it remained but to see them together.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
12  All the men in her circle seemed to admire her and envy me.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
13  They found Mary, as usual, deep in the study of thorough-bass and human nature; and had some extracts to admire, and some new observations of threadbare morality to listen to.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 12
14  But I can assure the young ladies that I come prepared to admire them.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13
15  Maria thought speaking out of the question, and the gentlemen did nothing but eat and admire.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29
Example Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
16  He pretends to admire me, though privately he hates me.
17  I really admire the way she is able to shrug off unfair criticism.
18  In a brief essay, describe a person you admire, someone whose virtues you would like to emulate.
19  Every autumn before the leaves fell he promised himself he would drive through New England to admire the colorful fall foliage.
20  While it is necessary to provide these fledgling poets with an opportunity to present their work, it is not essential that we admire everything they write.
21  The cathedral is visited by many tourists who wish to admire the fresco by Giotto.
22  We admire Auden for his inimitable use of language; he is one of a kind.
23  As the horses lope along, we have an opportunity to admire the ever-changing scenery.
24  As we saunter through the park, we stop frequently to admire the spring flowers.
25  You may not like him, but you have got to admire his persistence.
26  The lads came back and went at their sports again with a will, chattering all the time about Tom's stupendous plan and admiring the genius of it.
27  I was just admiring the detail in the doll's house - even the tins of food have labels on them.
28  A silent tongue and true heart are the most admirable things on earth.
29  Education is a admirable thing, but it is well to remember from time to time that nothing worth knowing can be taught.
30  Their single-minded devotion to the care of the dying was admirable.