Sentence examples for in a commendable from inspiring English sources

Up to the plate stepped Carlton, who despite putting in a commendable underdog performance for much of their clash with Freo, conspired to lose by five points in another heartbreaker.

In a commendable milestone for Lynx, the ad even features a nascent gay relationship.

Adam Voges, who scored 52 off 40 balls in a commendable captain's knock, paid tribute to Pietersen.

In a commendable tribute to their roots -- even as they pull them out, defeat by defeat -- the Nets this season are celebrating 35 years in the Garden State.

This week, Joel Hefley of Colorado, the ethics committee chairman, joined the panel's ranking Democrat, Alan Mollohan of West Virginia, in a commendable move to limit the damage.

In a commendable revival for the Pearl Theater, the director Austin Pendleton successfully captures the spirit of the play if occasionally leaning toward the melodramatic.

In earning a commendable 1-0 win against Racing Santander on Thursday, Steve McClaren's Twente clearly used up their supply of good football for the week.

In November 2011 Lebanon, then world No146, beat South Korea (No29) in AFC World Cup qualifying – a gap of 117 places – and in November 2010 the Central African Republic (No172) pulled off one of the great Africa Cup of Nations shocks with a 2-0 win over Algeria (No35) in qualifying, a commendable gap of 137 places.

The night, a mix of songs, skits and documentary-style shorts chronicling poverty in African villages and mobile homes in Appalachia, was a commendable exception to the show's ruling formula of commercialized pop music and corporate cross-promotion (viewers who want to hear the contestants on the "Idol" Web site must download their songs from Itunes).

Though imperfect and unevenly applied, the Leahy Law in itself represents a commendable effort to prevent the abuses and the consequent rise in anti-American sentiment witnessed in places like Latin America.

The most noteworthy aspect of the first act was the orchestral playing, with Paolo Arrivabeni, the music director of the Opéra Royal de Wallonie in Liège, Belgium, making a commendable house debut.