admire
verb (used with object)
to regard with wonder, pleasure, or approval.
has admired
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present perfectof admire (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Sanchez thanked Sarandon, writing on X that "it is so moving for me that someone the whole of Spain has admired and respected for years has made such a wonderful public statement about our country".
From Barron's ● Feb. 27, 2026
Fish’s followers have grown to include Skrillex, David Guetta, Disclosure, Bicep and more of the artists he has admired and now counts among his peers.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025
Sonita Alizada, a professional rapper from Afghanistan now living in Canada, is one of those who has admired the Last Torch's videos from abroad.
From BBC ● Mar. 8, 2024
But he has admired what Ekeler has done since being signed in 2017 as an undrafted free agent out of Western Colorado.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 5, 2023
He picks up one for Italy, full of illustrations of the architecture he had studied so carefully as a student, has admired only in photographs, has always meant to see.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
