Sentence examples for were merit from inspiring English sources
noun
Something deserving positive recognition.
- His reward for his merit was a check for $50.
Did The Times's errors, serious as they were, merit all the hysteria they unleashed?
"He would listen, and if there were merit, he might rethink something, but Joe's his own man".
In last year's Six Nations we made six tries, three of which were merit of the maul and that is without counting the penalty goals that were due to the work of the pack, ruck and maul.
That would be true if the records the Bee Gees had made were merit-free cash-ins, but only a churl would suggest that of Night Fever, Jive Talkin' or If I Can't Have You.
Proud parents sometimes report need-based aid as though it were merit-based aid, just as they often say that their son was potty-trained when he was only six months old.
"Our pitch back then was this was an opportunity to support and foster a new environment that was creating high-paying jobs that were merit-oriented, multicultural and clean," said Wade Randlett, a founder of TechNet and the group's first full-time employee.
Although promotions in the Austrian Army theoretically were merit-based, in practise the gentry exchanged favours and money unofficially to secure them.
There's merit to the argument.
There is merit in both arguments.
There is merit to this aspiration.
