Example sentences for: admire

How can you use “admire” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • So while I admire Kinsley's lonely battle on behalf of his witty friend and former editor's sorry-ass word, I think he should stick to moral causes still worth fighting.

  • How could you not admire a fellow who bedded Lana Turner, Ava Gardner, Mia Farrow, Anita Ekberg, Marlene Dietrich, and Marilyn Monroe?

  • The Wu-Tang Clan has entered the "stagnant hip-hop scene like a slap in the face, parading its strikingly original gutter funk like a ghetto peacock" (Matt Diehl, Entertainment Weekly ). Critics admire the group's eclectic influences--including funk, flamenco, and psychedelic--and its lyrics, "as dense, obsessed, prolific and full of popular and arcane references as a Pynchon novel" (Neil Strauss, the New York Times ). (Clips are available here.)

  • Most black intellectuals, if they are truly reflective, with a few exceptions like David Levering Lewis and Albert Murray and some others I deeply deeply admire, cannot help but think they might be a bit fraudulent.

  • Although it's possible to admire both artists, something impels you to choose sides.


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