worthy of
idiom
: good enough to have been written, said, done, or created by (someone, especially someone famous)
a symphony worthy of Mahler
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Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2025
The stories Hollywood pumps out have a way of shaping perceptions about whose lives, and concerns, are worthy of being front and center.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
That’s how an actress sprints—or maybe power-walks, across a decade or two—from being a presence people are happy enough to pay money to see to being considered, at last, worthy of an Oscar.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
But Black women's experiences of pain are rarely deemed worthy of attention.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
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Carly Totten, Better Homes & Gardens, 27 Feb. 2025
The stories Hollywood pumps out have a way of shaping perceptions about whose lives, and concerns, are worthy of being front and center.
—Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 26 Feb. 2025
That’s how an actress sprints—or maybe power-walks, across a decade or two—from being a presence people are happy enough to pay money to see to being considered, at last, worthy of an Oscar.
—Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 24 Feb. 2025
But Black women's experiences of pain are rarely deemed worthy of attention.
—Alyssa Goldberg, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for worthy of
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“Worthy of.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worthy%20of. Accessed 2 Mar. 2025.
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