Sentence examples for note of admiration from inspiring English sources

As he turned the show into a monologue about her stoicism, a certain note of admiration crept into his voice.

I was surprised to hear a note of admiration in his voice as he'd said the word.

Lopez, though intent on proving van Meegeren a skunk, can't deny him a parting note of admiration: "To give him his due, he was indeed a truly brilliant fraud".

Steven Sanderson told me recently, with a note of admiration, if not quite impatience, "It will be wonderful, finally, to get all of this squeezed out of Eric's head into some available format".

"She has really worked hard to convince people that they can trust her," said Donna Colangelo, a 38-year-old cashier at a convenience store near Utica, who described herself as a lifelong Republican, a note of admiration in her voice.

"I was looking out of the window and I saw him in the street, checking the 'A to Z.' " "Barmy," his mother said, but there was a note of admiration in her voice, as if a fake blind man might be closer to her ideal son than a conscientious decorator.

She was 18. Whether mooing at startled visitors or accepting treats with her slimy tongue, Aggie was a crowd favorite at the zoo, often receiving notes of admiration and praise in her "moo box".

His former writing coach warned, with a note of unmistakable admiration, that "he can tell you stories, and you believe him".

Yet even in a book as scathing as Hollinghurst's there is a note of quiet admiration for its ghostly subject herself, whilst slowly and beautifully unpicking her decimation of the country.

Former president George W Bush, who lives in Dallas, struck a note of conciliation and hope in his speech, and offered a word of admiration for law enforcement.

(Note: I have decided that "armadillo" now means "strong, brave woman," so it is now an expression of admiration!).