Sentence examples for creditable in from inspiring English sources

"There is nothing creditable in the Church of England's position on gay relationships," he agrees.

He was also credible and creditable in John Huston's Freud (1962), where the waspish, Old Testament prophet side of his character came more into play than usual.

He said the company's first-half performance was creditable in a period marked by terrorist attacks, airport strikes and the effect of the Brexit vote.

6/10 Brewed by the Hogs Back brewery in Surrey, this new M&S beer cannot trump its Scottish lager (see above), but it is creditable in its own right.

Unlike the turbulent and controversial elections of 1876, 1884, and 1888, the 1892 election was, according to Cleveland biographer Allan Nevins, "the cleanest, quietest, and most creditable in the memory of the post-war generation," in part because Harrison's wife, Caroline, was dying of tuberculosis.

Cone, the losing pitcher, hung in for five creditable if labored innings in the Yankees' 7-3 victoverover the Red Sox.

Meanwhile, Agnes Rackham, confined to her room with gathering psychosis, becomes a creditable stand-in for the mad woman in the attic.

England earned a creditable draw in Port Elizabeth in the final Test of the series to end a run of nine straight defeats by the Springboks.

Gradually the road they were climbing became a descending slope, but the inclination was so steep that if they missed their footing they would fall thousands and thousands of feet — and how many men lost their lives like that!" In the end, the Japanese Army could take pride in conducting a creditable defence in the face of an impossible tactical situation.

Cook scored a creditable 60 in the first innings.

The Great Britain men's team finished a creditable fourth in the 5,000m relay in Canada.