: highly regarded
an esteemed author
my esteemed colleagues
our esteemed leader/guests
He also wrote to Richard Randolph's stepfather, the esteemed lawyer St. George Tucker …—
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Garry Wills… combined his esteemed position as a barrister with an increasingly high-profile writing career …—Lucy Scholes
Lucy Scholes… William Allen White was widely esteemed as, in Life magazine's words, "An American Institution."—David M. Kennedy
David M. Kennedy… her freshman year at perhaps Virginia's most esteemed university …—Lia Russell
Lia RussellIf, as they say, I am a Man of Letters I come, like my fellows, at the tail-end of a long once esteemed tradition in English and American writing.—V. S. Pritchett
V. S. PritchettExamples of esteemed in a Sentence
concerned about his heart, my grandfather went to see an esteemed cardiac specialist
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JSTOR Daily, 3 Oct. 2025
Designer Joe Nahem of the esteemed firm Fox-Nahem was then brought in to merge the two spaces into one wildly creative space that vibrates with color, pattern, and texture.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
When an esteemed professor is killed, star graduate students Alice and Peter embark on a quest to rescue him from hell.
—Audiofile Magazine
september 30, Literary Hub, 30 Sep. 2025
When personalities from within the game — sports directors, coaches, journalists, esteemed elders — appear on programming adjacent to the Bundesliga or the national team (Sport1’s Doppelpass, for instance), strong opinions and disagreements are par for the course.
—Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 30 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for esteemed
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“Esteemed.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/esteemed. Accessed 9 Oct. 2025.
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