esteem
verb (used with object)
to regard highly or favorably; regard with respect or admiration.
esteeming
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present participleof esteem.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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What nudged Americans from esteeming fastidious high-culture figures like Muck to idolizing personally crude pop-culture stars like Ruth?
From Washington Post ● Jun. 4, 2020
The Russians, esteeming ceremony as a proud proletarian power should, outdid themselves in welcome.
From Time Magazine Archive
On the decease of Ferdinand, I declared for Isabella, esteeming it the duty of every good cavalier and Irishman in the Spanish service to do so.
From The Bible in Spain - Vol. 2 [of 2] by George Henry Borrow
He had given it no attention, esteeming it of no importance what a man so outside his own beat should be thinking of him.
From Abington Abbey A Novel by Archibald Marshall
He was humiliated by this witness whom he could not deceive, and whom he could not help esteeming.
From The Children of Alsace Les Oberl?s by Ren? Bazin
