Martha, with a look of admirationat young Mrs. Danesford.
Martha, too, was full of admiration of the lady's lilac silk dress and the white ribbon on her bonnet.
Voltaire was philosopher enough to use his year in the Bastille very profitably--he finished his first great tragedy, Oedipe, and produced it in 1716, winning the admiration of French critics.
Carlyle had an admiration for the despot, while the Italian loathed tyranny.
There was jealousy and tale-bearing at Potsdam which went far to destroy the mutual admirationof those two strong personalities who had thought to dwell so happily together.
He lived in a quiet château at Cirey, industrious and independent, though he looked toward the Marquise du Châtelet for that admiration which a literary man craves.
He thought that war against his rival might help him to regain the admiration of the French.
Earthly admiration came too late to console them for the ills of exile and the loss of their beloved, but they both knew that a struggle had not been vain which would leave Italy free.
The elated sheriff watched the youth gulp down the hot drink, admiration in his eyes.
But, when the affair was over, if no special admiration had been elicited for Sir Marmaduke, neither was there expressed any special reprobation.
And elsewhere, Goethe expresses hisadmiration for the depth and grasp of Claude's powers.
It is interesting to note that in some cases the admiration excited by the picture was due to the dirt with which by long neglect and lapse in time it had come to be discoloured.
It is difficult for us, in these days, to conceive the passionate admiration and devotion with which the Magdalen was regarded by her votaries in the Middle Ages.
Its black dome, like an unusual species of gasometer, is the admiration of modern Italian architects" (Stones of Venice, vol.
If you live in London you may test your progress accurately by the degree of admiration you feel for the leaves of vine round the head of the Bacchus in Titian's Bacchus and Ariadne" (Elements of Drawing, p.
In hisadmiration of Velazquez Ruskin never wavered.
An amusing instance of the naive ignorance of the sea which underlay much of the excessive admiration of Vandevelde is afforded by Dr.
Delacroix, whose admirationwas for Byron in poetry and for Rubens in painting, sought before all things passion, emotion, and colour.
These he rendered with a realism of effect which won the admiration of his princely employers.
A few days later Dulce appeared in a new riding-hat, which at once attracted the admiration and envy of all her girl friends.
She threw her innocence into her vanity; or rather she seemed to give herself up to the guileless admiration which is the beginning of love, with the good faith found only in youthful hearts.
The illustrious beauty presented herself to theadmiration of the crowd at the same moment with one of the bravest colonels of the Guards' Artillery and the Emperor's favorite, the Comte de Soulanges.
Looks of admiration and envy centered on her, with so much eagerness that the young creature, abashed by a triumph she seemed to disclaim, modestly looked down, blushed, and was all the more charming.
When she raised her white eyelids it was to look at her ravished partner as though she wished to transfer the glory of this admiration to him, and to say that she cared more for his than for all the rest.
Is admiration the only benefit you can obtain from the jewels that adorn your white neck and beautifully dressed hair?
Here is a historic relic which justly excites the admiration of the beholder.
This building justly excites the admiration of every beholder, and is probably the most magnificent Gothic edifice in the world.
These magnificent ruins have excited the wonder and admiration of every beholder.
On the high road to success and in the height of his power, Wolsey extorts an admiration which is still somewhat reluctant.
If he let Cranmer have his way about an English Bible, it was not from an enthusiastic admiration of the Scriptures, but because he knew that some of the clergy thought it would weaken their influence.
We even forgive a man for evil deeds done in a grand style; we do not feel our admiration stirred even by good deeds done in a pedestrian style.
But as soon as he was duly called, he began to give his natural predilections freer play, and we find him delivering in the City a course of lectures on Augustine’s De Civitate Dei: to the admiration of his old master Grocyn and others.
Honora threw a glance of affectionate admiration at her young cousin, who had blossomed out in a bewitching little frock of baby blue, and whose eyes reflected the color.
It was that, and not any sense of spiritual or intellectual approval of her, which made him set her apart as worthy of admiration and of his devoted service.
It was remembered and discussed with relish that John Gray, the schoolmaster, had for some time past shown a marked admiration for the vicar's daughter.
William Johnson departed, his head half turned over his right shoulder inadmiration of one who could hear with such unconcern that a real lady had called to see her.
His admiration of Malcolm Sage's secretary rendered him self-conscious in her presence.
Since that day over one hundred thousand visitors to the building have sat in admiration before it.
A young man who had got into the compartment at Chantilly had been casting glances of admiration at Lily ever since, and it was on account of him that she had warned Mrs. Gainsborough.
Clarehaven's admiration for Dorothy had not diminished; somebody had told him that the best way to get hold of her would be to make her jealous.
He never showed the least sign of wanting to make love to her, and demanded nothing from Sylvia but overdressing and admiration of his exploits.
When they looked round he was juggling with one of the pennies, to the admiration of the owner.
Her admiration of cathedrals had always been tempered by a sense of missing most of what they stood for.
Monkley, however, seemed to be understanding it very well, so well that her father gave up being offended and loudly expressed his admiration for Jimmy's grip of the subject.
They are such as to awaken the deepest admiration of any thoughtful onlooker.
He had a batch of note-books in which he intended recording his impressions as he proceeded, which were afterward to be printed for the information, and, he hoped, admiration of the world.
She walked straight up to the lily again, and looked long, with deep wondering admiration in her eyes, at the beautiful white flower.
But, on the whole, these true Deserts offer ample material for the admiration of the artist, the meditations of the thinker, the researches of the naturalist and the physician.
The chief of the birds of the shore and river-bank, the Flamingo (Phoenicopterus), may merit admiration on account of his dazzling scarlet plumage and handsome bearing.
The most important of the European systems is that of the Alps, whose majestic and glorious landscapes have been for ages the admiration of the poet and the artist.
Everywhere the handiwork of God and the evidences of Almighty design awaken the admiration of the thoughtful.
Lucretius also speaks of him in terms of high admiration (De Nat.
The man who truly meritedadmiration was the boatswain.
The defence of Leyden formed a worthy parallel to that of Haarlem and Alkmaar, and acquired for the garrison and the inhabitants the respect and admiration of all Europe.
But the seamen whose skill and daring were the admirationof the Mediterranean were not easily baffled.
The chivalry of Spain was as enthusiastic in its admiration of Drake's feat of arms as it was disgusted at the cumbrous organization which condemned it to inactivity.
The other sentiment which in no small degree influenced the conduct of the great Queen was her excessive fondness for admiration as a woman.
This extraordinary address filled the people with amazement andadmiration and inspired them with a new courage.
One of these pursuers, being armed only with a stick, contrived with that simple weapon to pin his victim through the mouth to the ground, to the great admiration of his comrades.
You will see mincing steps, bodies tilted to show the cut of a skirt, simpering, smirking faces, with eyes cast about seeking admiration for the gigantic bow of ribbon in the overdressed hair.
And there was the ghost of admiration in his watery eyes, as he looked at her tall straight figure.
Naturally he became an object of admiration and imitation to Ferrer.
He quickly forgot this incident though, in his admiration of the interior, now opened before him.
One was that he was to go with Mr. Hobart, whom he had come to regard with an intense admiration as one of the wisest and kindest of men.
Her youth, her graces, her prudence, her fortitude, and her talents, attracted the admiration of one sex and afforded to the other a subject of pride and triumph.
His little daughter Elizabeth, held as a prisoner by his foes, wrote of him with such womanly sympathy andadmiration as even now brings tears to our eyes.
He was mounted on a beautiful and high-spirited horse, which pranced and curvetted as if aware that he bore a king; and Louis managed him so skilfully and gracefully that he won the admiration of the spectators.
He looked up to Mr. Stanton with a blind admiration and desire for his approval, which kept him from much mischief and wrong-doing.
It is impossible to live in this wonder city and not find each day adding to one’s admiration for its kings.
And the birds and the animals seemed as conscious of observation and as eager to excite admiration as their kindred, the human race.
Finally we strolled through the two old gambling saloons (the Landscape and the Italian) and ever so many others, and lost ourselves in admiration of the beauty and comfort.
He expressed his admiration of former President Cleveland, with whose Department of State he had some dealings while John Hays Hammond was confined in the Pretoria prison for complicity in the Jameson raid.
The Boers worship their leader; to them he is a second George Washington, and even a few Englishmen there speak with admiration of him.
It was all so entirely novel, so unlike any music most of us had ever heard, and it was so undeniably good, that every one applauded and said something to the singer in turn, expressing the greatest admiration and appreciation.
But no one who dispassionately judges them can deny that the custom inspires respect for English consistency and admiration for their supreme contempt of surroundings.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "admiration" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
