Sentences with phrase «even praiseworthy»

Individual elements are ambitious, even praiseworthy, but the narrative arc of this comedy - drama about Hawaiian legends, the privatization of space, and a hunky guy with commitment issues falls apart almost as soon as the whirl - a-gig ride begins.

It's completely paradoxical to try and solve the hard core cases of physical child abuse whilst maintaining a society where it is acceptable and even praiseworthy to hit your child, just as long as you don't cross some invisible line.

These are our favorite sins, and we have baptized our sins to make them acceptable and even praiseworthy.

Neuhaus» spin on Calvin's invitation shows how the Iraq issue is tainting his ability to interpret even praiseworthy events.

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And even when our sins our not praiseworthy, we allow ourselves excuses which we never allow to anyone else.

Regarding transplants, John Paul II says donating organs is a «particularly praiseworthy» gesture when «performed in an ethically acceptable manner, with a view to offering a chance of health and even of life itself to the sick who sometimes have no other hope.»

Many words have the same sound: kanshin for example, could mean either praiseworthy or deplorable — or even, vibration - sensitive.

Despite Walker's praiseworthy role, what is especially distinctive and intriguing in the book is the part played by Steven Klinsky, an equity - fund manager whose name will not be familiar even to those who follow efforts to create independent choices in schooling.

Argue all you like about the appropriateness of the venue, whether calling out Pence was praiseworthy or condescending, even if he was called out at all.

It would therefore be a terrible mistake for the new Common Core standards, praiseworthy as we believe they are, to become a justification for even greater neglect.

There's no faulting a developer for wanting to really polish their game, indeed it's absolutely praiseworthy, but we're seeing more and more titles get announced and hyped a year and sometimes even more in advance before then being delayed again and again.

Even though the PS4 version runs at 1080P the visuals aren't very praiseworthy.

Puzzles are about the only aspect even vaguely praiseworthy — clever design and logical solutions create plenty of satisfying «Aha!»