Sentence examples for qualified admiration from inspiring English sources
"qualified admiration" is correct and usable in written English
Generally, you can use the phrase to describe a feeling of admiration that is tempered by some reservations. For example, you might say "I have a qualified admiration for his achievements, although I don't agree with all of his methods."
By pure coincidence, "Universal Soldier: Day of Reckoning," which I wrote about with astonished, if qualified, admiration at the time of its release, in 2013, returned to the infosphere a couple of days ago when Scott Meslow wrote about it at GQ as "one of the best action movies of the decade".
That has now evolved into qualified admiration.
Both had only a secondary and qualified admiration for bebop (the music of Charlie Parker and Dizzy Gillespie).
Being a famous actress in Sweden seems a little bit like being a star athlete at M.I.T.: you've won the qualified admiration of a small society of mostly polite, introverted people.
In his better movies — I admit to a qualified admiration for "Code Inconnu" (2000), "The Piano Teacher" (2001), "The Time of the Wolf" (2003) and "Caché" (2005) — Mr. Haneke uses extremity and shock to illuminate social and psychological realities, or at least possibilities.
Immediately following his death, some commentators qualified their admiration for Jimmy Reid by stating that his fine words, high principles and noble bearing had little or no lasting effect.
Nigel Farage has qualified his admiration of Donald Trump, saying he could not support his comments about groping women, banning Muslims from the US or derogatory remarks about Mexicans.
The sons' attitude toward the father is one of ambivalence, hatred qualified by admiration, murder followed by guilt and remorse.
Reviewers of the new documentary, "He Named Me Malala," are qualifying their admiration of the subject with disappointment at the fluffiness of the film itself, which was directed by the American filmmaker Davis Guggenheim.
Reaction to the launching of Sputnik II was mostly honest admiration, qualified by worry on behalf of the dog, and a slight chuckle over the fact that the U.S. was beaten again.
