He was an estimable young man, honest, amiable, with high ideals. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
"When a married man becomes what you call estimable," said Donna. From Wordnik.com. [Don Orsino] Reference
The 'estimable' critic Ben Davis wows the pseudo Marxists/Socialists, but the guy should actually try and be a real Socialist for one month and then get back to us. From Wordnik.com. [Comrade Davis (repost)] Reference
He argues that the risk of a true asset class is "estimable". From Wordnik.com. [pfblogs.org: The Ad-Free Personal Finance Blogs Aggregator (real estate blogs)] Reference
But the action was nonetheless 'estimable' and the navy commandos intercept the Mavi Marmara on its way to break the. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Photown News] Reference
"Aunt Julia says he is really a very estimable man -- Cordelia, if I was a man I just wouldn't be an 'estimable' one.". From Wordnik.com. [The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch] Reference
When the whistle blew for the wind-up of the strategy, the Columbia men were the top dogs concluded the "estimable" Stanford team. From Wordnik.com. [Article directories Celibataire Urbaine] Reference
"May I ask the name of this estimable young lady?". From Wordnik.com. [Monte-Cristo's Daughter] Reference
Their quality was estimable and the technique remained consistent. From Wordnik.com. [The Other Vargas Llosa] Reference
Mr. Kenrick is a very estimable as well as a very accomplished man. From Wordnik.com. [The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 3, February, 1851] Reference
And you can get a good argument their estimable numbers are shrinking. From Wordnik.com. [Steve Daley: Ways and Means] Reference
Todd Eldredge has had, by any reasonable standard, an estimable career. From Wordnik.com. [Three Men And A Bronze] Reference
Unfortunately, lacking estimable self-worth is all too common for women. From Wordnik.com. [Marcia G. Yerman: Compulsive Shopping - The Closeted Addiction] Reference
You get healthy self esteem from behaving in ways that you find estimable. From Wordnik.com. [Gretchen Rubin: Throw Away Other People's Trash, or, How to Boost Your Self-Esteem] Reference
Mr. Greenleaf was a practical printer and an estimable and enterprising man. From Wordnik.com. [Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No 3, September 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy] Reference
If men wish to be held in esteem, they must associate with those who are estimable. From Wordnik.com. [Searchlights on Health: Light on Dark Corners A Complete Sexual Science and a Guide to Purity and Physical Manhood, Advice To Maiden, Wife, And Mother, Love, Courtship, And Marriage] Reference
To the estimable Trudy, very well played by Allison Brie, who we should see more of. From Wordnik.com. [William Bradley: Mad Men Review: "The Rejected" Is A Routine Episode, But Betty Draper Has Joined The X-Men!] Reference
“Why Mrs. Murgatroyd, nothing that a plate of your estimable kippers won't cure!”. From Wordnik.com. [The Case Of The Limehouse Golem] Reference
Now Duval appears ready to handle whatever comes his way, the estimable Tiger included. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: A Rival For Tiger] Reference
There was Tom Noddy -- the ridiculous little man who in real life was the estimable Mr. Mike. From Wordnik.com. [The History of "Punch"] Reference
He was remarkable for his elegant person, and estimable for his high professional reputation. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
And the University of Connecticut has produced such estimable talents as Ray Allen and Sue Bird. From Wordnik.com. [Starr Gazing: The Year in Sports] Reference
He was a most estimable man, of exemplary habits, and by no means the author of his own disease. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Rev.M.. M.ggins, Y.M. C.A. secretary, a very estimable and highly respected man, shook his head. From Wordnik.com. [The Greater Love] Reference
Its originator, superintendent, and sole teacher, was Mrs. Andrew Lake, an estimable lady from New York. From Wordnik.com. [Woman on the American Frontier] Reference
Their mother, now several years a widow, was an estimable lady, who had by no means lost her good looks. From Wordnik.com. [The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2 No 4, October, 1862 Devoted To Literature And National Policy] Reference
Another chance to see three instalments from the estimable Fry's journey around all the states of America. From Wordnik.com. [Watch this at the weekend] Reference
Cromwell, to our apprehension, stands out to greatest advantage, becomes more grave, and solemn, and estimable. From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 378, April, 1847] Reference
Her countenance was the index of a benevolent and excellent heart; and in truth she was a most estimable woman. From Wordnik.com. [City Crimes or Life in New York and Boston] Reference
(Contrary to Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, as estimable as these gentlemen are, I am currently not an American.). From Wordnik.com. [Robert Brenner: Rosemary's Anchor Baby] Reference
"Of all human doings," writes Cicero, "none is more honorable and more estimable than to merit well of the commonwealth.". From Wordnik.com. [America First Patriotic Readings] Reference
The most sincere desire to comply with every wish or counsel of Lord George Murray's, actuated, indeed, this estimable man. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Jacobites of 1715 and 1745 Volume III.] Reference
The journey was made in company with Rev. C.F. Juvinall, for four years my room-mate and fellow-student, and my estimable friend. From Wordnik.com. [Questionable Amusements and Worthy Substitutes] Reference
Speaking of Colonel Littler reminds me of our mutual friend, Mr. Rheuna Lawrence, an estimable citizen of Springfield in his day. From Wordnik.com. [Fifty Years of Public Service] Reference
The University of the District of Columbia cracks the top 10 of a less estimable list, of colleges regarded as "dropout factories.". From Wordnik.com. [Washington Monthly's take on college rankings] Reference
Believe me, the most estimable characters are those with whom there is the least tendency to this overflowing prodigality of kindness. From Wordnik.com. [The Boarding School Familiar conversations between a governess and her pupils. Written for the amusement and instruction of young ladies.] Reference
I have known some of them as estimable men and practical public spirited citizens of a very high type: Judge Henderson of Wilcox County. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922] Reference
An oversimplification, for sure: I'm obviously not proposing moral equivalence between a mob boss and the estimable real estate developer. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Why the Race is Looking so Good for Bush] Reference
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