Sentence examples for elicit admiration from inspiring English sources

YET its business did not always elicit admiration.

His descriptions of the paralysis that besets him when faced with the simplest tasks are affecting, and his efforts to keep up a normal life elicit admiration.

Workaholics often claim that they are working so hard for the good of their family and they complain about being overworked in order to elicit admiration.

"The highly satisfactory manner in which you accomplished the great and primary object which the Department had in view in selecting you for your present command continues to elicit admiration," wrote Welles in a letter accompanying Farragut's commission.

That project still elicits admiration for the way the exterior architecture was preserved.

"A warm, trustworthy person who is also strong elicits admiration, but only after you've established trust does your strength become a gift rather than a threat".

Mr. Michaels, who elicits admiration and occasional awe from the writers and performers he has hired, is shown, in fact, to control the reins with a quiet but incontrovertible authority.

Reading this novel is like watching an Olympic athlete about to win the gold: the seamless flow of action, the mastery of technique, seemingly effortless yet demanding attention and eliciting admiration as an end in itself.

While the moment elicits admiration for the complexity and ambition of what Graham-Felsen is attempting, a reader is left feeling queasy, as if the novel had shaken free of its authorial reins and started galloping toward the cliff's edge.

Many existentialist texts dedicated to aesthetic matters emphasise the 'mystery' of creativity, the amazing 'solution' that an artwork represents, the 'miracle of expression' that elicits admiration from the audience and the philosopher.

The superb performances hit notes, of inflection and gesture, that can't help but elicit grateful admiration, including from me.