(a.) Worthy of praise or applause; commendable; as, praiseworthy action; he was praiseworthy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Their high-profile campaigns – to have women on banknotes , challenge online misogyny and banish Page 3 , for example – though necessary and praiseworthy, do not reflect the most pressing needs of the majority of women, black and minority-ethnic women included.
(2) Alternative approaches suggest that praiseworthy efforts to raise immunisation rates in unpromising areas are unrewarded by simple target based assessments.
(3) Is there really such a clear line between his activities that are indisputably praiseworthy – the Prince's Trust, for instance, which provides training for those who might otherwise not find employment – and speaking out about planning and complementary medicine?
(4) As such, it has been variously interpreted as a praiseworthy ideal or an imperative upon society.
(5) The rightwing media are scared of this approach because it breaks out of the politics of cowardice and fear that it would like to keep us all locked into; a politics of cowardice to which many of the leading politicians in the UK are subservient when it comes to migration and Europe (with some notable and praiseworthy exceptions such as Ken Clarke ).
(6) We’ll just have to fuck on the stage While this sort of resistance discourse is praiseworthy, it’s a sorry state of affairs to be in in the first place.
(7) Highs and lows Puzzles are about the only aspect even vaguely praiseworthy – clever design and logical solutions create plenty of satisfying "Aha!"
(8) At any age children are indeed important members of families, but above all they qualify as members of society by providing a glimpse of what could be accomplished by nurturing the early and spontaneous development of their praiseworthy behavior.
(9) Anne Summers Honorary research fellow in history, Birkbeck, University of London • Your article says "nurses will have to spend up to a year helping patients to eat, wash and get dressed"; readers might think that this is something new and praiseworthy.
(10) She’s polite and praiseworthy about Rudd’s management of the global financial crisis, his desire to ensure Australia won a seat on the UN security council, and his advocacy through the G20.
Sterling
Definition:
(n.) Same as Starling, 3.
(n.) Any English coin of standard value; coined money.
(n.) A certain standard of quality or value for money.
(a.) Belonging to, or relating to, the standard British money of account, or the British coinage; as, a pound sterling; a shilling sterling; a penny sterling; -- now chiefly applied to the lawful money of England; but sterling cost, sterling value, are used.
(a.) Genuine; pure; of excellent quality; conforming to the highest standard; of full value; as, a work of sterling merit; a man of sterling good sense.
Example Sentences:
(1) As players, we want what's right, and we feel like no one in his family should be able to own the team.” The NBA has also said that Shelly Sterling should not remain as owner.
(2) McDonald said cutting better deals with suppliers and improving efficiency as well as raising some prices had only partly offset the impact of sterling’s fall against the dollar.
(3) But if they spurn it, Scotland can continue using sterling anyway.
(4) The National Basketball Players Association has asked the NBA to ban Sterling from attending playoff games and to impose the league's maximum penalties if the comments are verified to be his.
(5) Roy Hodgson has opted for youth in his 23-man squad for the World Cup, with Everton's Ross Barkley , 20, and Liverpool's Raheem Sterling, 19, the most eye-catching inclusions for Brazil.
(6) The Liverpool manager was incensed by Lee Mason's performance at the Etihad Stadium on Boxing Day, when a 2-1 defeat cost his team the Premier League leadership and Raheem Sterling had a first half goal disallowed for an incorrect offside call.
(7) Sterling was left out of the team for that match, coming off the bench to win the free-kick from which Wayne Rooney scored the only goal, which led to accusations he had said he did not want to play.
(8) Analysts at Goldman Sachs are warning that sterling could fall by up to 20% if Britain votes to leave the European Union .
(9) It’s the young Brazilian’s last heavy touch of the evening: he’s hooked for Sterling.
(10) Manchester City frustrated by Everton and Sterling’s late penalty claim Read more More than anyone, Giroud took the game to Liverpool.
(11) When he had those Aids I went to my synagogue and I prayed for him.” Sterling said he admired Johnson, 53, as a “good” man, then contradicted himself.
(12) 4.11pm BST 53 mins: A symbol of the way things are going for Liverpool: they finally do play a good pass, from Johnson between Newcastle's full-back and centre-half, and Sterling reacts too slowly to fully take advantage of it.
(13) My sense is that a stronger mandate and more time would allow a more patient approach and a softer Brexit, probably more in line with May’s instincts.” The FTSE 100 index Deutsche Bank declared that the general election was a “game changer” for the pound, forcing it to tear up its sterling forecasts.
(14) Sterling has faced previous accusations of racism related to the Clippers and his property empire.
(15) Hodgson, who has been giving strong consideration to calling up Chris Smalling, has debated his selection at length with Pearce and agreed that it would be better for Zaha, Sterling and Shelvey to get tournament experience rather than being involved in the trip to Rio.
(16) Whether Sterling boards the flight to Bangkok remains to be seen.
(17) While their defending still leaves much to be desired, particularly from set-pieces, their football under Rodgers has been refreshingly electric, with Luis Suarez, Coutinho, Jordan Henderson and Raheem Sterling in wonderful form.
(18) Unfortunately, a provision in the deal ensures that Sterling’s estranged wife Shelly, current trustee of the Sterling Family Trust, will remain associated with the team as its “owner emeritus and No1 fan”.
(19) We have played against Sterling before and we know how good he is as an individual .
(20) He tries to slide a pass through to Sterling but it's cut out, only for Coutinho to pick up the pieces on the left.