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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I was still standing there admiring my work when, from the corner of my eye, I thought I saw a movement in the branches of a sycamore tree.
From Literature
Sometimes they’d watch me spin with a kind of awe, and I almost thought they were admiring me, but their eyes were only on the gold.
From Literature
When Aston Martin's new Formula 1 car first appeared in testing at the end of January, it drew admiring glances up and down the pit lane.
From BBC
Yet Hall went close to a second equaliser after the interval, curling narrowly wide with an audacious effort that drew an admiring thumbs-up from Donnarumma.
From Barron's
We now scan for manipulation instead of admiring the innovation.
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