Sentence examples for looks admirable from inspiring English sources

The army's discipline looks admirable, he says, encouraged by a popular desire (in contrast to a few years ago) for men in uniform not to meddle in politics.The equanimity is not shared by all.

The emotional tone of "Facing Fear," about the reconciliation of a gay-basher and his victim, seems eminently Oscarizable, even though the journalism of "Karama Has No Walls," about protests in Yemen, looks admirable.

From today's perspective, this looks like admirable – tasteful – restraint.

To be sure, the past decades have provided many grounds for rejecting the vision of the future supplied by the US, and these days the American constitution looks less admirable than it did when Luce heralded the new century.

It is also true that design thinkers are as accident-prone as other types of consultant when advocating models for others to follow: a 2009 book by IDEO's boss, Tim Brown, lavished praise on Hewlett-Packard and Nokia, neither of which now looks so admirable.

Brittle and blowsy, Swinton's Julia is one of those performances that goes so far in repelling audience sympathy that it comes out the other side looking almost admirable.

Everyone is, after all, the hero of his or her own story, and it's generally more compelling to decipher the sense of heroism in someone whose behavior doesn't look particularly admirable.