How to Use admiration in a Sentence

admiration

noun
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  • I have a great admiration for her courage.
  • We were filled with admiration for him.
  • I have great admiration for her courage.
  • She looked at them in admiration.
  • She earned the admiration of her coworkers.
  • The admiration goes both ways for the actor and his wife, who married in 2019.
    — Kara Nesvig, Peoplemag, 26 Feb. 2024
  • And that could be a tricky thing because admiration is not enough to make a movie.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • And it’s triggered by my admiration for her life and work.
    — Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 7 June 2023
  • Fans, of course, sent their admiration, but even celebs were sending all kinds of praise.
    — Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 10 May 2023
  • My admiration for the whisky goes beyond tasting the whisky.
    — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 24 May 2023
  • Is there a proper way to balance our admiration for their work with our loathing of their deeds?
    — Washington Post Editors and Reviewers, Washington Post, 26 May 2023
  • Elliott even admits to liking the Dodger’s field op guy, but the admiration stops there.
    — Joan Morris, The Mercury News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Afterward, the tweens who study at the center read aloud from chapter books while the younger girls gazed on with admiration.
    — Tayari Jones, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
  • The boss of United’s rivals had been asked his opinion on the new signing on the other side of the city and made no secret of his admiration.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 13 Aug. 2023
  • Despite that, the Fenway crowd rose in admiration for what could be the next anchor in the Red Sox rotation.
    — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 29 June 2023
  • These gifts, most of which are under $50, are just a token of your admiration and respect.
    — Brittney Morgan, housebeautiful.com, 5 May 2023
  • Just remember—she'll adore you no matter what, but this will be the cherry on top of her admiration for you.
    — Women's Health, 19 Mar. 2023
  • View full post on Instagram In a statement, Do spoke of his longtime admiration for the brand.
    — Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 11 May 2023
  • But far more than his age, his work ethic and knowledge is what earned their respect and admiration.
    — oregonlive, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The details are splendid (Lopez’s outfits demand pause-and-rewind admiration), and the concepts are campy but fresh.
    — Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This admiration is starting to diminish — not due to the team’s struggles, but his handling of it.
    — Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
  • Hagerty’s admiration for the courage of the forensic anthropologists who shared the art and science of their work with her is clear.
    — Benjamin P. Russell, New York Times, 14 Mar. 2023
  • That haul was more than double the next best showing this year and suggests a tremendous degree of admiration.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Our biased admiration for good fathers is misapplied to a species, such as the bald eagle, in which biparental care is the rule.
    — Time, 17 June 2023
  • Later in the interview, Brody shared his admiration for his wife of seven years.
    — Starr Savoy, ELLE, 12 Mar. 2023
  • This year, Jay contacted a subway surfer in New York to express admiration for his videos.
    — Joe Heim, Anchorage Daily News, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But still, his feelings of admiration for Hyunjin haven’t changed.
    — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 26 July 2023
  • At the end of the day, the celebrities Fineman does impressions of are chosen carefully and always done in admiration.
    — Alli Rosenbloom, CNN, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Overall, the animals’ many talents won the admiration of more than a few observers.
    — Jennifer A. Kingson Peter Fisher, New York Times, 14 Oct. 2023
  • Her brutal honesty and oddball quirks are part of her charm and have even drawn admiration from her fellow players.
    — Martin Holmes, Vulture, 12 May 2023

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