Use admirable in a sentence
Sentences starting with admirable
- Admirable article, sir--present from a friend in Hong Kong; one doesn't come across silk like that in this country--it's the real--Young Hyson, I'm told. [5]
- Admirable directions! [6]
Sentences ending with admirable
- S. Dear me; why, it's admirable! [5]
- The phrases in which it tersely describes its objects are admirable. [9]
- With the knife or beside a sick-bed, he was admirable. [11]
- But this other one--the one I read last--has the true ring: 'This vile, dirty effort to rob the public treasury, by the kites and vultures that now infest the filthy den called Congress'--that is admirable, admirable! [5]
- Oh, he done it admirable. [5]
- Ah, admirable, admirable! [5]
Short sentences using admirable
- An admirable fellow--admirable! [5]
Sentences containing admirable two or more times
- His marvellous innocence of look and his peasant openness hid, I saw, great shrewdness and intelligence--an admirable man for Vaudreuil's purpose, as admirable for mine. [11]
- She would have made an admirable inquisitorial judge, and quite as admirable a sick nurse. [9]
- That is an admirable woman, Sir,--he said to me one day, as we sat alone at the table after breakfast,--an admirable woman, Sir,--and I hate her. [6]
More example sentences with the word admirable in them
- With what fiery zeal Wolf persuaded him, how convincing was his assurance that a substitute for Johann of Cologne, and a most admirable one, was actually to be found here in Ratisbon! [10]
- And it is worthy of passing mention, in regard to his later productions, that his admirable sense of literary proportion, which is wanting in many good writers, characterized his work to the end. [4]
- This slender, pliant woman would have been an admirable model! [10]
- A Paul, or with longer hair and a little more youthful aspect, an admirable St. John. [10]
- Or was the whole really so admirable that it would have seemed petty to find fault with the less successful details? [10]
- And the men who commit these crimes, especially their leader, assure themselves that this is admirable, this is glory--it resembles Caesar and Alexander the Great and is therefore good. [2]
- In a little while the queen beheld a body of Moorish cavalry pouring into the vega, the riders managing their fleet and fiery steeds with admirable address. [4]
- Yes, most Frenchmen were soldiers; and admirable runners, too, both by practice and inheritance; they had done next to nothing but run for near a century. [5]
- Between the scenes we went behind the curtain, and saw the very curious and admirable machinery of the dramatic spectacle. [6]
- Though her voice was no longer so free from sharpness and harshness as in the old days, it by no means jarred upon the ear; nay, every tone revealed its admirable training. [10]
- She has a very sweet voice; rather hesitates in choosing her expressions, but when chosen they seem without an effort admirable, and just befitting the occasion; there is nothing overstrained, but perfectly simple. [14]
- Her house is very pleasant, both within and without; arranged at; all points with admirable neatness and comfort. [14]
- The case is very different with the admirable Bumppo. [5]
- She is a very admirable young woman and you always liked her, but now suddenly you have got some notion or other in your head. [2]
- She has the usual Upper River quota of factories, newspapers, and institutions of learning; she has telephones, local telegraphs, an electric alarm, and an admirable paid fire department, consisting of six hook and ladder companies, four steam fire engines, and thirty churches. [5]
- It is considered useful as "a pick me up," and it serves an admirable purpose in the social system. [6]
- He felt called upon to go to the Legislature--and this is what he saw:--(Mr. Crewe is quoted here at length in an admirable, concise, and hair-raising statement given in an interview to his biographer. [9]
- Now the drain upon the resources of the system produced in such a case must be at its minimum, for the subject is a powerful man, in the prime of life, and in admirable condition. [3]
- So he summoned up his courage, and, with a "What I was going to say," began to speak of the admirable officer whom he had brought into his house. [10]
- Mrs. Armour was unhappy, but her self-possession was admirable, and she said nothing. [11]
- She read it twice before the full meaning of it came to her, and after that she could not well mistake it,--the language being so admirable in every way. [9]
- The three most trustworthy ones are here: Amyntas, the leech Chrysippus, and the admirable Proclus. [10]
- But I used to think that if Irene, attracted by his many admirable qualities, should become his wife, and that if afterwards the Prince should appear and waken the slumbering woman's heart in her, what a tragedy would ensue. [4]
- But Cleopatra seemed to take little pleasure in all these things, and said: "Yes, everything is admirable, just as it has always been every year for the last twenty years; but I did not come here to see but to listen. [10]
- I was impatient to see what this was; and to show, too, how much more admirable was the one which I should display to the Examining Board. [5]
- In writing once to his partner in Montreal he had spoken of Pierre as "an admirable, interesting scoundrel. [11]
- If you are through your junketing by that time, it will be an admirable opportunity for you to learn the practical details of the business . [4]
- His principles are those of honest love for all which is good and admirable in human character wherever he finds it, while he unaffectedly hates oppression, and despises selfishness with all his heart. [6]
- His patience under this punishment is admirable, and there is something pathetic in his restraint from profanity. [4]
- To an observer this admirable woman seemed to be on the defensive--her most alluring attitude. [4]
- Though there are things in it difficult for the feeble human mind to grasp, it is an admirable book which calms and elevates the soul. [2]
- In all these things he had found an admirable assistant in his sister Arsinoe. [10]
- The latter measured the tall, brave fellow with a hasty glance, and turning, half to him, half to Alexander Farnese, said: "An enviable trick, and admirable performance, by my love! [10]
- This hardly deserves the name of a science, although Velpeau has dignified it with that title, but it furnishes an admirable practical way for the surgeon who has to operate on a particular region of the body to study that region. [3]
- With admirable taste the matron had aimed at giving Melissa a simple, dignified aspect, unadorned and almost priestess-like in its severity. [10]
- The magnitude of the concerns, the admirable stoicism with which he received alarming news, his dry humour while they waited between messages--all were so unlike anything the telegraph-clerk had ever seen, or imagined, that the thing was like a preposterous dream. [11]
- The stars of the admirable Dresden stage also found their way to my aunt's. [10]
- A work by the admirable artist Lysander, who passed too early to the nether world, certainly will not disfigure your house. [10]
- I should think that this must be the daintiest, truest, most admirable workmanship that was ever put on a story. [5]
- I only wish that the thing I am to construct up there may turn out as good a statue as this savory cylinder--now fast disappearing--was a superior and admirable sausage. [10]
- Is it possible that our highest civilization has lost something of the rough and admirable element that we admire in the heroes of Homer and of Elizabeth? [4]
- That admirable alphabet, that brilliant alphabet, that inspired alphabet, can be learned in an hour or two. [5]
- The mouth, larger than her mother's, had full lips, the upper one short, and admirable curves, strong in repose, but fascinating when she smiled. [4]
- Our admirable jury system enabled the persecuted ex-officials to secure a jury of nine gentlemen from a neighboring asylum and three graduates from Sing-Sing, and presently they walked forth with characters vindicated. [5]
- In the background stood a clay model of an Apollo of admirable workmanship; above, and near this, the wall was hung with lutes and lyres of various size and form. [10]
- I took my station on the pulpit cushion, from which elevation I had an admirable view of all the ceremonies, and could hear the sermon. [4]
- An admirable woman, Sir, because she does good things, and even kind things,--takes care of this--this--young lady--we have here, talks like a sensible person, and always looks as if she was doing her duty with all her might. [6]
- Whenever he or she, by way of example, mentioned any well-known work of art, she imitated, as if involuntarily, its pose and action with surprising fidelity, frequently also in admirable caricature, whose effect was extremely comical. [10]
- With man we see similar facts in almost every family; and we now know, through the admirable labours of Mr. Galton (10. [1]
- Unmindful of the rumble on the wooden stairs below, Mr. Sutton took the list with an admirable deliberation. [9]
- Perhaps the chief result left to the world out of a period of heroic exertion, of passion and struggle and accumulation, is a sheaf of poems, or the record by a man of letters of some admirable character. [4]
- He took a rest and then swelled himself up and fetched a succession of admirable groans. [5]
- Thoreau had many rare and admirable qualities, and Thoreau pictured by Emerson is a more living personage than White of Selborne would have been on the canvas of Sir Joshua Reynolds. [6]
- Now geography was pretty well known so long ago as when Arrowsmith, who was born in 1750, published his admirable maps. [3]
- A simple evening party in the smallest village is just as admirable in its degree, when the parlor is cheerfully lighted, and the board prettily spread, and the guests are made to feel comfortable without being reminded that anybody is making a painful effort. [6]
- See his admirable paper in the 'Journal of the Asiatic Soc. [1]
- Genius, on the other hand, is much more like those instincts which govern the admirable movements of the lower creatures, and therefore seems to have something of the lower or animal character. [6]
- He read not only the latest intelligence of the strike, but the editorial comments on it, which praised the firm attitude of both parties, and the admirable measures taken by the police to preserve order. [8]
- Helm's admirable work on "Cultivated Plants and Domestic Animals" had taught me to notice such things. [10]
- Some of the older anatomical works are still admirable, some of the newer ones very much the contrary. [3]
- The last line of this hymn quickens the heartbeats of every American, and the whole hymn is admirable in thought and expression. [6]
- At the end of the week her perceptions were justified by Lord Haldwell's proposal, which, with admirable tact and obvious demureness, was accepted. [11]
- Imagine the benefits of so admirable a system in a piece of river twelve or thirteen hundred miles long, whose channel was shifting every day! [5]
- When a fit of intellectual disgust comes over me, I will tell you what I have found admirable as a diversion, in addition to boating and other amusements which I have spoken of,--that is, working at my carpenter's-bench. [6]
- That crude way of appealing to this Government for help in a cause which has no money in it, and no politics, rises before me again in all its admirable innocence! [5]
- People that do not laugh or cry, or take more of anything than is good for them, or use anything but dictionary-words, are admirable subjects for biographies. [6]
- He had no need to seek for fitting words in the description of Barbara Blomberg, the melody of her voice, and her admirable training. [10]
- The report of Mr. Meyer was admirable, and I was as interested in it as you have been. [5]
- Most Moths rest motionless during the whole or greater part of the day with their wings depressed; and the whole upper surface is often shaded and coloured in an admirable manner, as Mr. Wallace has remarked, for escaping detection. [1]
- It is a most serious thing to be a chief guest on an occasion like this, and it is admirable, it is fine. [5]
- He is a most admirable invention, a most valuable convenience. [5]
- I know nothing more admirable than the lifelong relations of this talented and sincere family. [4]
- But in those moments when we have a clear vision of life, that which seems to us most admirable and desirable is the simplicity that endears to us the idyl of Nausicaa. [4]
- See also Mr. Moggridge's admirable work, 'Harvesting Ants,' etc., 1873, also 'L'Instinct chez les Insectes,' by M. George Pouchet, 'Revue des Deux Mondes,' Feb. 1870, p. [1]
- Such a man might fail in reflection and counsel, but would be admirable as an honorable, staunch, and faithful friend. [10]
- Well, in the midst of that great fight, that long and admirable fight, George Warner came to me and said: "There is a splendid chance open to you. [5]
- He possessed by matrimony and intricate mechanism of which his really admirable brain could not grasp the first principles; he felt for her a real if uncomfortable affection, but when she died he heaved a sigh of relief, at which he was immediately horrified. [9]
- I have seen many noted British and French and American practitioners, but I never saw the man so altogether admirable at the bedside of the sick as Dr. James Jackson. [3]
- He was a man of paramount influence at home, for he was public spirited, he was chief of the fire department, he had an admirable command of profane language, and had killed several "parties. [5]
- The long colonnade made an admirable promenade and lounging-place and point of observation. [4]
- An excellent gentleman--worthy, liberal, generous, gives very little trouble--an admirable lodger. [12]
- But five minutes later, when the danger was past and the leads laid in, he burst instantly into a consuming fury, and gave the captain the most admirable cursing I ever listened to. [5]
- She devoted a large portion of her time and strength to it, and felt honoured and elevated by its progress and admirable performances. [10]
- I do not know any writing of Mr. Emerson which brings out more fully his sense of humor,--of the picturesque in character,--and as a piece of composition, continuous, fluid, transparent, with a playful ripple here and there, it is admirable and delightful. [6]
- And mind you Joe was able to come up here, days afterwards, and reproduce that giant's picturesque and admirable history. [5]
- It is admirable, it is wonderful. [5]
- My dear sir, it is not intended to be insinuated that you have been remiss in the performance of the arduous and responsible duties of your department, which, I take pleasure in affirming, has in your hands been conducted with admirable success. [7]
- But only apparently; it is Mr. Bellows's admirable and exhaustive little French-English dictionary, which in look and binding and size is just like a Testament and those people are there to study French. [5]
- The above equipment is excellent, admirable, powerful, but not perfect. [5]
- Much of it is admirable in workmanship, and exhibits a cleverness in details and a subtlety in the observation of traits which many great novels lack. [4]
- Still it remains invested with many of its old charms, as yet, and will forfeit its place among this admirable trio only when it gets a hotel with unequivocal marks of having been built and organized in the present century. [6]
- Yes; we must insist that, under the circumstances, the American people have borne this outburst of English criticism in an admirable spirit. [4]
- A rare fellow, indeed; an admirable fellow, as you have said! [5]
- Life seemed lustier in Old England than in New England to Emerson, to Hawthorne, and to that admirable observer, Mr. John Burroughs. [6]
- Mr. John Morley, in his admirable study of Rousseau, [Rousseau. [4]
- A splendid banquet in a great house is an admirable thing, provided always its getting up did not cost the entertainer an inward conflict, nor its recollection a twinge of economical regret, nor its bills a cramp of anxiety. [6]
- He also was ill, and our forces were depressed in consequence; for he had a power to inspire them not given to any other of our accomplished and admirable generals. [11]
- Even her enemies, if she had any, would not deny that Carmen had an admirable temperament. [4]
- Besides the languages, I studied, at first exclusively under Lepsius's thoroughly admirable instruction, ancient history and archeology. [10]
- So long as I am in Alexandria and waiting on Caesar I can make myself very comfortable every day at the 'Olympian table' of this admirable cook. [10]
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