Sentence examples for was merit from inspiring English sources
noun
Something deserving positive recognition.
- His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
Maybe there was merit to shopping à deux.
There once was merit to our incursion there, but that was long ago.
"We felt there was merit to it," said Mr. Vari, a retired teacher.
There was merit in it, certainly, and that was recognised at the final whistle.
In addition, they had to decide whether there was merit to the prosecution's call for a death penalty.
Dr. Cameron, pastor emeritus of the Riverdale Presbyterian Church in the Bronx, said there was merit to what the teachers had said.
If the selection was merit-based, Rudd would get the job.
"But the loan guarantee decision was merit-based and made by career staffers at the Department of Energy, and the process for this particular loan guarantee began under President George W. Bush".
Their opportunity was merited.
There's not much dispute that the second was merited.
