How to Use praiseworthy in a Sentence

praiseworthy

adjective
  • What Gates has done is courageous and praiseworthy.
    — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 6 Nov. 2025
  • The six schools spotlighted here are not the only praiseworthy schools in the city.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Journal Sentinel, 16 Dec. 2022
  • There is nothing praiseworthy about simple membership in a tribe or group.
    — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
  • But there are few things more praiseworthy than his epochal mustache, a luscious chevron ripped straight from the '80s.
    — Scottie Andrew and Leah Asmelash, CNN, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The products were praiseworthy cleaners and stood out for their essential-oil scents.
    — Carolyn Forte, Good Housekeeping, 17 Aug. 2021
  • In a country where alcohol is off the menu, the taste and range of drinks are inventive and praiseworthy.
    — Prasad Ramamurthy, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2024
  • But some see political bias as harmless or even praiseworthy.
    — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • Year-over-year increases in installation wasn’t as large as in the past but still praiseworthy.
    — Joshua Emerson Smith, sandiegouniontribune.com, 16 May 2017
  • Our honoree was well respected in her long, praiseworthy career.
    — Steve West, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • But these attention-grabbing deeds alone, while notable and praiseworthy, will not change the fate of humankind.
    — Kathy Miller Perkins, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2021
  • If more access is better, how is nine days praiseworthy but 17 suppressive?
    — Brad Raffensperger, National Review, 6 Apr. 2021
  • The fact that the Met is staging so many new works is fundamentally praiseworthy.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Some viewed his actions as praiseworthy, while others condemned them and labeled him a vigilante.
    — Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Some teachers in some schools have shown praiseworthy initiative, but systemwide, little has been offered.
    — Alan J. Borsuk, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2020
  • As for the fickle Mini, even her father would have to admit that her behavior was not very praiseworthy.
    — Suketu Mehta, Time, 17 Sep. 2021
  • On Miller’s social media, there were nice comments and praiseworthy reviews for Higueros’ cameo.
    — Scott Ostler, SFChronicle.com, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Becca’s praiseworthy creamy texture makes the product glide on seamlessly.
    — Shannon Barbour, The Cut, 14 May 2018
  • The actress’s hair divinely defies gravity, and if that isn’t praiseworthy, what is? Sunday, the black-ish star paid homage to her frizz with a stunning Instagram selfie.
    — Jennifer Ford, Essence, 19 Aug. 2019
  • King didn’t ask or expect any special treatment, making her professor’s response all the more praiseworthy.
    — Michelle Darrisaw, Southern Living, 28 June 2017
  • Deeds that were acceptable, even praiseworthy, in the past have now become damning sins in the eyes of his long-suffering opponents.
    — Jeffrey Blehar, Washington Examiner, 31 Dec. 2020
  • The new chef who took over, Jacob Hilbert, formerly of Stock Hill, was praiseworthy.
    — Kansas City Star, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Whether their intentions are praiseworthy is debatable.
    — Robert Goulder, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • And many of those who have started accounts are indeed praiseworthy do-gooders, looking to help people in often-extreme distress.
    — Elizabeth Llorente, Fox News, 13 Sep. 2018
  • Most praiseworthy are two courageous women, 500 years apart, who risked their lives to protect the lady with the enigmatic smile from harm.
    — Stefanie Milligan, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Nov. 2021
  • In just a year, Genesis went from an amorphous vision statement to a marque with two distinct, praiseworthy sedans on the market.
    — Car and Driver, 16 Oct. 2017
  • So is Elon Musk a Sim who has managed to avoid being turned off by being entertaining and praiseworthy?
    — Eben Weiss, Outside Online, 31 May 2018
  • Their passage was praiseworthy, but introducing two bills in a single full term certainly doesn’t feel like the true peak of what this caucus could, or should, produce.
    — Nick Martin, The New Republic, 2 Nov. 2020
  • Less praiseworthy for Suber was the city's decision to continue removing the monuments late at night.
    — NOLA.com, 17 May 2017
  • Some advocates say the recent efforts, while praiseworthy, also show the need for long-term solutions rather than temporary stopgaps.
    — Chelsea Sheasley, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Aug. 2021
  • Where Boneworks disappoints the most is in how these separate, praiseworthy bits fail to gel as a cohesive experience.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 12 Dec. 2019

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