How to Use estimable in a Sentence

estimable

adjective
  • We owe thanks to our estimable colleague.
  • She has written an estimable novel.
  • Cave’s foils were his estimable band, the mighty Bad Seeds, and the audience.
    Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 17 June 2017
  • If the amount isn’t estimable, then the company is supposed to record the amount as zero.
    Jonathan Weil, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
  • My son-in-law, the estimable Ryan Mavriplis, likes country music.
    Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Still, Fields' estimable potential suggests the Lions might even have to move up a few spots to get him.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 28 Jan. 2021
  • Check out one of the area’s finest holiday train gardens, and get your kids’ picture (or maybe yours?) taken with the estimable Mr. Claus.
    Chris Kaltenbach, baltimoresun.com, 24 Nov. 2019
  • Leave it to the estimable and long-winded Ben Thompson, who this time justifies his word count, to explain why.
    Adam Lashinsky, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2019
  • There’s even a website, the estimable CelebHeights, devoted to the topic.
    Kristin Iversen, refinery29.com, 17 June 2020
  • The estimable Michael Caine, at a professional crossroads, played the villain.
    David Reamer, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Jan. 2021
  • Purloe’s is the kind of place that puts you mind to have an after dinner drink from an estimable list that, logically, is rich in Irish whiskies.
    John Mariani, Forbes, 20 June 2022
  • That, combined with the films’ estimable craft, will be impossible to ignore.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The estimable bass-baritone Dashon Burton more than filled the relatively small role of Lucifer.
    James R. Oestreich, New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • The principals will all be, as the estimable John Powers says, under de facto house arrest.
    BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2021
  • If the amount is estimable, the company is supposed to record it as a liability.
    Jonathan Weil, WSJ, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The list of former aides and secretaries who first saw their names and faces on magazine or tabloid covers then found themselves out of work is estimable.
    Gregory Krieg, CNN, 16 Mar. 2018
  • The label’s estimable roster would come to include the Ramones, Talking Heads and Madonna among many others.
    Seymour Stein, Billboard, 31 Aug. 2017
  • Those visuals swamped the singers, including the estimable Matthias Goerne.
    Mark Swed, latimes.com, 4 Sep. 2017
  • Ask him about the estimable teeth marks gouged by Sonny Rollins into his mouthpiece after endless hours of intense practice.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 1 June 2018
  • McKinney has the diversified skills to fill McCourty's spot in the lineup ... if not his estimable shoes.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2020
  • But all that estimable ability was going to waste in Carolina, where the Panthers sport a league-worst 1-5 record and fired head coach Matt Rhule five games into his third season.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 21 Oct. 2022
  • He's now got Moore to throw to with what should be premium reinforcements in tow in what could now be a very quick rebuild centered around Fields' estimable talent.
    Nate Davis, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Her history, in other words, has been estimable, even as various failures and missteps over the years make her legacy quite mixed.
    Jill Filipovic, CNN, 8 June 2022
  • Her Sansa began the show as a naive, vulnerable teenager and ended it as a pillar of steel, a leader and tactician at the estimable peak of her powers.
    Justin Chang, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 June 2019
  • Tip of the hat to the estimable Charlie Scoggins, who finished his 44th season as an official scorer at Fenway Wednesday night.
    Dan Shaughnessy, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Oct. 2022
  • But Dahl began building in Dallas in the 1920s and took more than a half century to develop his estimable catalog.
    Mark Lamster, Dallas News, 21 Mar. 2023
  • The Bridge Theatre’s elegant space gives Fiennes another platform for his estimable gallery of cold men.
    Peter Marks, Washington Post, 17 May 2022
  • During a recent phone interview with Billboard, Brown talked about the genesis of the new album, the loss of revered bandmates and extending Kool & the Gang’s estimable legacy.
    Gail Mitchell, Billboard, 3 May 2023
  • Ghee, whose previous credits include playing Lola in Kinky Boots, has charisma to spare and estimable singing and dancing chops.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Apr. 2018
  • In its nearly 30 years of existence, the network has expanded beyond its already estimable remit as a cable network-meets-film-school, with fan events including a film festival and cruise.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 7 Aug. 2023

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