Admiring

Examples

• I was admiring the boy's handsome dark eyes, when the mother, young Mrs. Leigh, entered. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• That mademoiselle has made good use of her time, and the result is charming, replied Laurie, bowing with his hand on his heart and an admiring look. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• It is interesting to note that Edison became greatly interested in the later developments by Marconi, and is an admiring friend and adviser of that well-known inventor. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• They found Winifred at the lodge admiring the litter of purebred white puppies. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Yes, I am, and admiring the mole in your chin at the same time. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• What a sarcastic smile,' said the admiring Rachael; 'I declare I'm quite afraid of you. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• That was really my ignorance, said Dorothea, admiring Will's good-humor. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• It was impossible for Monseigneur to dispense with one of these attendants on the chocolate and hold his high place under the admiring Heavens. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• She did not see him; and he followed her for several yards, admiring her light and easy walk, and her tall and graceful figure. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Mr. Snagsby drinks and murmurs with an admiring cough behind his hand, Dear me, very fine wine indeed! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• But no such happy marriage could now teach the admiring multitude what connubial felicity really was. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• Better pass half an hour in remonstrating with her than a day in admiring or praising any other woman alive. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Meantime, I was happy; happy, not always in admiring, but in examining, questioning, and forming conclusions. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• George could not help admiring his friend's simplicity, his good humour, his various learning quietly imparted, his general love of truth and justice. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• We were just admiring these marvellous flowers, which will surprise her when she reappears. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• One cannot help admiring him, with a mixture of pity in one's admiration, something like what one feels for Don Quixote. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Once more, he took me by both hands and surveyed me with an air of admiring proprietorship: smoking with great complacency all the while. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• We see this, for instance, in the men of different races admiring an entirely different standard of beauty in their women. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• She married my father, respecting him, admiring him, but nothing more. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• We could not help admiring the Apostle's modesty in never once mentioning in his writings that he could paint. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I suppose I have a considerable organ of veneration, for I retain yet the sense of admiring awe with which my eyes traced her steps. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• An aristocracy flourishes where the people find a vicarious enjoyment in admiring the successes of the ruling class. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
• Such was the Diorama as it was first exhibited in London to admiring crowds. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• One cannot help admiring the fellow. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Uncle, calmly admiring his boots--No, my dear, not unless you want beer, that's a brewery. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
• Perhaps he was jealous of my admiring the beauty of a woman more than his own. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
• The old servant looked up at the speaker, as she turned away, with a glance as proud and admiring as if she had been his own child. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• The King, however, admiring Palissy’s talents, and remembering his mother’s fondness for the artist, would not give him up to the party of the League. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• I mention this because I can not help admiring his patience, his industry, and his accommodating spirit. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• And then to turn the discourse, she began admiring the house and the furniture. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.

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