But there was a kind of admirability in her perseverance and hanging in there.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jul 11, 2008] Reference

In these films, Naruse repeatedly found beautiful, economical, and multifaceted ways of exploring his favorite topic - the futility of hope (despite the admirability and beauty of the hopeful) - that forms his overarching pessimism.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily: Shorts, 4/4.] Reference

Hagakure presents a philosophy starkly different from modern Western standards, yet it retains a curious appeal even now: the strange admirability of a life lived without compromise.    From Wordnik.com.  [Slugger O'Toole] Reference