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Discover LudwigThe phrase "almost admired" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express a feeling of near admiration or respect for someone or something, but with a hint of reservation or doubt.
Example: "Though he was often criticized, there were moments when his dedication to his work was almost admired by his peers."
Alternatives: "nearly respected" or "borderline admired".
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As I sling nouns and verbs for a living, I almost admired his artful euphemisms.
At times, he almost admired the Lebovits sons for spending so much money to save their father.
He tried to live on food stamps for a week, which I almost admired – but then he told his story to Face the Nation, and then the Today show, and then the Daily Show, and then Piers Morgan on CNN.
But I almost admired him more as a fan.
Even though I didn't necessarily approve, I almost admired how it committed to its genre switches in the third act as well as the sheer hard work that went into remaking bits and pieces of the first movie.
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Corleone almost admires him.
I could almost admire it — their fluid sweep from the bedroom doorway to the distant corner.
If it were simple oldfashioned loyalty to a colleague in trouble, one might almost admire it.
There is something so adorably naive about Inconvenient Nazi films that I almost admire them.
There is an audacity to the way New York State borrows money that can make even critics sound almost admiring.
Duets Now and then a movie comes along that's bad in such original ways it inspires almost admiring fascination.
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