praiseworthiness
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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Hence Grossman’s remarks about Wood lacking the “language” to praise the book, as though the praiseworthiness of the book was ultimately a given.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 19, 2014
Especially if it’s an object or system with complex behaviors that are difficult to understand in purely mechanistic terms, we’ll attribute pretty much any entity with a range of humanlike properties including praiseworthiness and blameworthiness.
From Salon ● Mar. 6, 2013
Next to the praiseworthiness of a good Samaritan, who takes care of the houseless and the stranger, is the merit of the benevolent individual who tells you the good Samaritan's address.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol 58, No. 357, July 1845 by Various
Anything that exceeds himself in appearance, in circumstances, in influence, he endeavours to destroy, so that he may stand first in esteem and praiseworthiness.
From Talkers With Illustrations by Bate, John
There was nothing finer than continuously to come upon praiseworthiness in your friend!
From Foes by Johnston, Mary
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