admire
verb (used with object)
to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
are admiring
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present progressiveof admire.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am on it and it currently feels like we have all arrived at a party and are admiring the decor.
From BBC ● Apr. 21, 2023
They are admiring of one another’s skills and supportive of each other in their moments of heartbreak and distress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2022
The two volumes are admiring of Seneca’s talents and, to varying degrees, sympathetic to his pedagogical predicament.
From The New Yorker ● Jan. 26, 2015
Instead, we are admiring of how certain people commanded our restraint.
From The Guardian ● Jan. 14, 2013
While therefore we are admiring his singular prudence, can we at the same time fear his folly?
From The Orations of Marcus Tullius Cicero, Volume 4 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
