admiring
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- admiringly adverb
- half-admiring adjective
- half-admiringly adverb
- self-admiring adjective
- unadmiring adjective
- unadmiringly adverb
Etymology
Origin of admiring
Example Sentences
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Mr. Chiasson has written an admiring, even loving, account of the life of a man he observed from “a front-row seat.”
Looking at the two-year weekly chart, there are several developments worth admiring.
From Barron's
Looking at the two-year weekly chart, there are several developments worth admiring.
From Barron's
The pictures also show the couple admiring scans of the baby.
From Barron's
She turned her arm around, admiring the word.
From Literature
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