ESTIMABLE in a Sentence

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95 example sentences for ESTIMABLE, such as:
1. My estimate of his abilities was wrong.
2. I'll prepare a revised estimate for you.
3. He writes estimable poetry under a pseudonym.
4. We estimate the cost to be four thousand dollars.
5. The committee lacked a correct estimate of his ability.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of ESTIMABLE
estimable
 a.  deserving of esteem and respect
 a.  may be computed or estimated
Classic Sentence: (57 in 4 pages)
1  He is the most estimable, the most trustworthy creature in the world, and I will venture to say, there is not a better seaman in all the merchant service.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
2  You are aware, monsieur, that a man may be estimable and trustworthy in private life, and the best seaman in the merchant service, and yet be, politically speaking, a great criminal.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7. The Examination.
3  Then you could keep yourself cold and be very estimable, and hold your own, and enjoy the satisfaction of holding it.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 7
4  That our estimable game-keeper should have about him a touch of Rabelais seems to make him more monstrous and shocking than a murderer like Crippen.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
5  Javert is an estimable man, who does honor by his rigorous and strict probity to inferior but important functions.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 7: CHAPTER X—THE SYSTEM OF DENIALS
6  She said her lumber was better and cheaper too, and to prove it she ran up a long column of figures in her head and gave him an estimate then and there.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
7  Still, unbidden, came the thought that Ashley could never make a quick estimate in his head and give a price that was correct, as she could.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLI
8  He was no less conscious than before of what was said of Lily Bart, but he could separate the woman he knew from the vulgar estimate of her.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 14
9  But it was in the quality of his admiration that she read his shrewd estimate of her case.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 5
10  I would have you investigate it now with the sole view of forming to yourself some unexaggerated, intelligent estimate of whatever battering-ram power may be lodged there.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 76. The Battering-Ram.
11  It is possible that Heyward's estimate of danger differed in some degree from that of the scout, for, instead of replying, he now sat in silence, while the canoe glided over several miles of water.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 20
12  The nearest estimate I can give makes me now between twenty-seven and twenty-eight years of age.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
13  He was said to own a thousand slaves, and I think this estimate quite within the truth.
The Narrative of the Life By Frederick Douglass
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER III
14  With a memory sharpened to almost preternatural clearness, she remarked every turn in the road, and formed a mental estimate of the time to be occupied in traversing it.
Uncle Tom's Cabin By Harriet Beecher Stowe
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIX
15  I will not trust thee, Templar," said Rebecca; "thou hast taught me better how to estimate the virtues of thine Order.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
Example Sentence: (38 in 3 pages)
1  Granby, one of the best connected and most estimable residents in S-, grandson and heir to Sir Frederic Granby: I had the intelligence from her father yesterday.
2  He writes estimable poetry under a pseudonym.
3  The committee lacked a correct estimate of his ability.
4  I can give you a rough estimate of the amount of wood you will need.
5  My estimate of his abilities was wrong.
6  We estimate the cost to be four thousand dollars.
7  Some analysts estimate its current popularity at around ten per cent.
8  I can give you a rough estimate of the number of bricks you will need.
9  Try to estimate how many steps it will take to get to a close object.
10  I'll prepare a revised estimate for you.
11  We are at present in correspondence with the company on the matter of our estimate for the repair of the bridge.
12  We will send you an estimate for the work without obligation.
13  Therefore it's impossible to estimate the actual value of the deal.
14  The insurance industry is well prepared to estimate of the loss it will suffer.
15  The insurance industry is well prepared to make a quick estimate of the loss it will suffer.