admiring
adjective
displaying or feeling admiration.
half-admiring
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a word derived from
admiring.
Example Sentences
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The site’s annual ‘‘What Time Is the Super Bowl?’’ post has become such a famous example of S.E.O.-driven non-news that other media outlets have written half-disgusted, half-admiring posts dissecting its history.
From New York Times ● Jun. 30, 2015
As Europe tilted towards war, his earnestness won him a title that was half-admiring, half-contemptuous: "This formidable young man who loves peace so terribly."
From Time Magazine Archive
Exposed only after he fled to Moscow in 1963, "Kim" Philby has since become the protagonist of a half-admiring, half-shocked avalanche of serialized articles in every major London newspaper.
From Time Magazine Archive
Susan said, half-annoyed, half-admiring, to Mary Lou, late that night.
From Saturday's Child by Kathleen Thompson Norris
On entering the drawing-room she found him engaged in a half-admiring, half-resentful examination of its new furniture and hangings.
From On the Frontier by Bret Harte
