Admired

Examples

• She admired her husband, strong, brave, and victorious. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• People admired the machines as a curiosity, but none were induced to buy them or help him pecuniarily. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
• Heroism, or military glory, is much admired by the generality of mankind. David Hume. A Treatise of Human Nature.
• I wondered, as I looked at this fair creature: I admired her with my whole heart. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• Even before they were acquainted, he had admired Osborne in secret. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• She admired the self-possession and the control of the dying man exceedingly. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Among his other advantages, Lord Raymond was supremely handsome; every one admired him; of women he was the idol. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• If I have not (Macbeth-like) broken up the feast with most admired disorder, Daisy. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Now, Bella suspected by this time that Mr Rokesmith admired her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• And so saying, she took the screens out of her sister-in-law's hands, to admire them herself as they ought to be admired. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• She admired Dobbin; she bore him no rancour for the part he had taken against her. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I never admired the character of the first Napoleon; but I recognize his great genius. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• We all admired them, but something I said attracted her attention particularly to me. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• One solid stationary point in the looseness of this gentleman's character was, that he respected and admired his sister Amy. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• It was the prettiest and most luxurious little sitting-room I had ever seen; and I admired it with the warmest enthusiasm. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• She was a very pretty girl, and her beauty happened to be of a sort which Emma particularly admired. Jane Austen. Emma.
• Becky admired him smiling sumptuously, easy, lofty, and stately. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• I showed it to him now, and he admired it highly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I admired your spirit; and I dare say we shall get home very well. Jane Austen. Emma.
• If Miss Bertram were not engaged, said Fanny cautiously, I could sometimes almost think that he admired her more than Julia. Jane Austen. Mansfield Park.
• Ursula admired her with all her soul. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• We admired it so much, that I have ventured to write it into Miss Smith's collection. Jane Austen. Emma.
• These testimonies to the popularity of my guardian made a deep impression on me, and I admired and wondered more than ever. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I was born with the tastes of a lady, and he gratified them--in other words, he admired me, and he made me presents. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Ginevra admired my taste, for all these things were her adoration; she could then readily credit that they were mine too. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Daniel went through it all in his patient manner, and admired it all exceedingly. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• I have admired to see that in the last century a folio, _Burton on Melancholy_, went through six editions in about forty years. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• Amelia admired Mr. Crawley very much, too, for this; and trusted Rebecca would be happy with him, and hoped (with a laugh) Jos would be consoled. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He admired her exceedingly, but principally, and to begin with, on the curious ground (as it seemed to us) of her having had three husbands. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I can see that she admires you almost as much as a man expects to be admired. George Eliot. Middlemarch.

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