half-admiring

The character of Lebrun in A Way in the World, who is depicted in a half-admiring and half-fearful way as a prophet of black power, is also rooted in a portrait of James.

Cruel and Unusual 2008

Looking across the square, I could see Geilie's mouth quirk up in a half-admiring, half-derisive smile.

Sick Cycle Carousel 2010

The character of Lebrun in A Way in the World, who is depicted in a half-admiring and half-fearful way as a prophet of black power, is also rooted in a portrait of James.

Cruel and Unusual 2008

He is the big fish in a small town, still holding court in his forties to a crowd that is half-admiring, half-jeering; still the class joker, still the clown and the only one in his group to still think in terms of what is "cool" and "not cool."

Archive 2007-02-01 Geraldine Moorkens Byrne 2007

He is the big fish in a small town, still holding court in his forties to a crowd that is half-admiring, half-jeering; still the class joker, still the clown and the only one in his group to still think in terms of what is "cool" and "not cool."

Don Miguel Da Capo Geraldine Moorkens Byrne 2007

'I never had an opening; but I have sat on Jessy's stool by your chair in the back-parlour at Briarmains, for evenings together, listening excitedly to your talk, half-admiring what you said, and half-rebelling against it.

Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte 2004

Kitty had beaten him with his own weapons, so, with a half-admiring glance at her, he took her back to the ball-room, where the waltz was just ending.

Madame Midas 2003

Reading the Northwest nature writers, I found myself an agnostic in their church; embarrassed, half-admiring, unable to genuflect in the right places.

Now Voyager McMurtry, Larry 2000

“Sounds strange coming from you, the queen of consensus,” he said, half-mocking, half-admiring.

DEEP DOMAIN Howard Weinstein 1987

“Sounds strange coming from you, the queen of consensus,” he said, half-mocking, half-admiring.

DEEP DOMAIN Howard Weinstein 1987