How To Use Creditable In A Sentence

The team produced a creditable performance .
Levy is a creditable state advocate, a Jehovah's Witness with a reputation for honesty.
She gave a highly creditable performance as the wicked queen.
All these initiatives are praiseworthy and creditable to the new and youthful management team.
In the meantime, the milk remains ideal for cheese-making and the breed's beef production is creditable for a dairy type.

They turned out a quite creditable performance.
High-class technology, well-content service, in pursuit of the identical value with customers, Annamo will be your most creditable cooperation associate.
He's another who handles a fast surface and a repeat of his creditable second to Lord Of The Turf at Galway will see him land this.
To accuse a member of Parliament of double-crossing is certainly discreditable.
It will come as no surprise to those who view Mr. Speaker Martin as incompetent, chippy and partial to the Government to discover that he is at the heart, yet again, of an effort to conceal from the public gaze something which appears to be unsatisfactory and discreditable about the conduct of the democratic affairs of the House and therefore the nation. Archive 2007-10-28
Alice's record of perfect attendance is very creditable to her.
The sum which it was required Congress should appropriate to the purchase was forty thousand dollars; and considering how that assembly is constituted, how little most of its members know or care about pictures, or of their intrinsic value, and how utterly unimbued they are with any conception of the moral worth of art to a young nation, I conceive it very creditable to the body that the motion was negatived by only two votes. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II.
We must always remember that to manage well on a small income is highly creditable. Sources of the West: Readings in Western Civilization, Volume 1: From the Beginning to 1715
They face possible suspension for discreditable conduct and bringing the Police Service into disrepute.
There was an explanation - not creditable, but rational - for the disappearances.
In such a case, the person has failed to show benevolence for morally discreditable reasons, and so has behaved badly.
Mrs. Dods put on a joyous countenance at this proposal, protesting that all should be done in her power to make things agreeable; and while her good friend, Mr. Bindloose, expatiated upon the comfort her new guest would experience at the Cleikum, she silently contemplated with delight the prospect of a speedy and dazzling triumph, by carrying off a creditable customer from her showy and successful rival at the Well. Saint Ronan's Well
That was why, in the mid nineties, we started off with an - allowedly little creditable - attempt to modify our product.
Since then they have won ten of their last 11 league games to finish a creditable fourth in the final table.
It is to establish clear blue water between their principles and ours; and it is to develop and proselytize a coherent and creditable liberal alternative to the economic vandalism now to be canvassed at us by Eric Cantor, Paul Ryan and their ilk. David Coates: Sanity in a Time of Madness
Last week, Evolution turned in a creditable performance for the first six months of this year. Times, Sunday Times
a creditable display are, in an international point of view, of the first importance, while an indifferent or uncreditable participation by the State of the Union Address
But it manifested the spirit by which they were animated; and, sir, is that spirit to be charged here, in this hall where we are sitting, as being 'discreditable' to our country's name? Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams.
She gave a highly creditable performance as the wicked queen.
The ballet, given three casts of principals, proved decently enough danced at a creditable second-tier level; the women, however, markedly outmatched the men.
Others again desire knowledge in order to acquire money or preferment by it; that too is a discreditable quest.
She did a creditable job of impersonating the singer Mariah Carey.
But the five Americans also manage highly creditable regional or class accents.
The three-year-old ran a creditable race to finish third on this course a fortnight ago.
Pipes entered into this opinion the more willingly, as he had all along believed the senior to be a sort of wizard, or some cacodaemon, whom it was not very creditable to be acquainted with. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
In the meantime, the milk remains ideal for cheese-making and the breed's beef production is creditable for a dairy type.
It sounds like you had to use that statement to help support your comment which makes everything you say uncreditable. Undefined
discreditable" for women to take any interest or any part in political affairs? The American Union Speaker
But there are some examples here which suggest that obscure writing can be even more discreditable than that.
At college his career was of course highly creditable. Vanity Fair
We do not much applaud his taste; for though it is decidedly inferior to her other works, having less plot, and what there is, less artificially wrought up, and also less exquisite nicety of moral painting; yet the same kind of excellences which characterise the other novels may be perceived in this, in a degree which would have been highly creditable to most other writers of the same school, and which would have entitled the author to considerable praise, had she written nothing better. Famous Reviews
_was_ found out at once, and which drew a creditable and not in the least Tartuffian protest from Warburton, is a far more serious matter -- not so much because of the licence in subject as because of the unwholesome and sniggering tone. The English Novel
The pairs enjoyed a mixed bag of results, with three wins and creditable performances in their close losses.
I much doubt if he could have passed what would now be called a creditable examination in the Fathers; and as for all the nice formalities in the rubric, he would never have been the man to divide a congregation or puzzle a bishop. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851
The ballet proved decently enough danced at a creditable second-tier level; the women, however, markedly outmatched the men.
All these initiatives are praiseworthy and creditable to the new and youthful management team.
Not a very creditable attitude, I'm afraid.
Nevertheless, for reasons that may be thought discreditable, legislatures keep enacting such laws and there is no constitutional reason to say they may not.
It is far more likely that Italy's best hopes of a creditable performance will revolve around a lofty effort at the lineout. Times, Sunday Times
It was a very creditable result for the team.
After each labor he would come home tired, but feeling that he had done a creditable day's work.
“As generally under - stood,” Aristotle said in the Ethics, “the boaster is a man who pretends to creditable qualities that he does not possess, or possesses in a lesser degree than he makes out, while conversely the self-depreciator dis - claims or disparages good qualities that he does possess. IRONY
Alcinous," said he, "it is not creditable to you that a stranger should be seen sitting among the ashes of your hearth; every one is waiting to hear what you are about to say; tell him, then, to rise and take a seat on a stool inlaid with silver, and bid your servants mix some wine and water that we may make a drink offering to Jove the lord of thunder, who takes all well disposed suppliants under his protection; and let the housekeeper give him some supper, of whatever there may be in the house. The Odyssey
High-class technology, well-content service, in pursuit of the identical value with customers, Annamo will be your most creditable cooperation associate.
Given the current state of the advertising market, this seems a creditable performance.
In the meantime, the milk remains ideal for cheese-making and the breed's beef production is creditable for a dairy type.
But in the present times a creditable day labourer would be ashamed to appear in public without a linen shirt. Times, Sunday Times
His prospects of parole do not look good, as his record grows daily more discreditable.
The attempt, or rather the intention, was highly creditable; the copy was carefully moulded upon the model and offered the best example of the verbatim et literatim style. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Whether creditable or discreditable, that is the fact. Three Guineas
But in the present times a creditable day labourer would be ashamed to appear in public without a linen shirt. Times, Sunday Times
Nothing was left over — it was a discreditable thing to have any overplus at all. In the Days of the Comet
He finished a highly creditable fifth in the 200m butterfly. Times, Sunday Times
The country and the citizen will give credit to the government for what are clearly creditable attainments.
To the new, stuck-up Angus, being vice-captain was as discreditable as being a reserve. MUSIC FOR BOYS
He sought - and found - a piece of suspect journalism to divert fire from his own discreditable role in the second dossier.
High-class technology, well-content service, in pursuit of the identical value with customers, Annamo will be your most creditable cooperation associate.
The young German runner finished a creditable second.
And where might such a discreditable and discredited figure be found?
Alice's record of perfect attendance is very creditable to her.
All this masked a creditable performance from the business itself. Times, Sunday Times
She then received patriarchal permission to pursue kinship with offspring of creditable lineage!
Nonunionized -- nongrowing (cattle feeding excellent example): Almost always facing Purchaser unification which eliminates creditable Wages or Profits, almost always dealing with big-ticket items like health care or cattle and surviving upon single Payment euphoria: no real upside, as the Purchaser unification turns into Seller unification, so Consumer prices remain high. lgl Productivity vs. Distribution, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty
These characters had an interesting ambiguity, somewhere between the believable and the discreditable.
But they were not reticent enough to prevent the circulation of certain uneasy rumours and extravagant stories of discreditable adventures -- discreditable, that is, from the buccaneering point of view -- of which Captain Blood had been guilty. Captain Blood
Chaucer's exact source is not known, but it is clear that the friar tells it to enrage the summoner on the pilgrimage, who interrupts the narrative and rejoins with a scurrilous and discreditable story about a friar.
She makes a creditable effort at interpreting the manifest and manifold mysteries of her subject's motivations.
This was an especially creditable effort because his two previous wins had been over longer distances.
Of facts there were many although even with those she had to take care since many of them were discreditable or worse. AT THE STROKE OF TWELVE
And, sir, is that spirit to be charged here, in this hall where we are sitting, as being "discreditable" to our country's name? The American Union Speaker
Forty-eight square miles of good sound fame your not inerudite correspondent can conscientiously lay claim to; and although there is, with regret I admit it, a considerable portion of the square superficies alluded to, waste and uncultivated moor, yet I can say, wid that racy touch of genial and expressive pride which distinguishes men of letters in general, that the other portions of this fine district are inhabited by a multitudinity of population in the highest degree creditable to the prolific powers of the climate. The Emigrants Of Ahadarra The Works of William Carleton, Volume Two
Having talked unconvincingly last month of famous victories that were in fact forgettable and creditable performances that were anything but, he could afford to raise a smile. Times, Sunday Times
He finished a highly creditable fifth in the 200m butterfly. Times, Sunday Times
Public assertions of such discreditable conduct threaten reputation and professional livelihood.
The country and the citizen will give credit to the government for what are clearly creditable attainments.
Nonetheless, several young backstops enhanced their career potentials in 2002 by doing creditable jobs.
No sooner was this arrangement made, than Lord Glenvarloch expressed to Lowestoffe his impatience to leave this discreditable assembly, and took his leave with a careless haste, which, but for the rundlet of Rhenish wine that entered just as he left the apartment, might have been taken in bad part. The Fortunes of Nigel
Hannan complained the Mirror misrepresented his views, saying that his blog suggested that some of the "discreditable" attacks on President Obama were based on racism but it had not sought to justify those attacks. Press Gazette Latest News
For no doubt very discreditable reasons a lot of people got themselves put on the winning side in that period.
There are a ton of specialist newsletters doing deep in-the-weeds reporting — Inside the Pentagon is one — that newspapers treat like uncreditable wire copy. MSM: It Wouldn’t Kill You To Give Noah Shachtman His Due | ATTACKERMAN
For though you are not lacking in the courtesy which good and polite men should have, yet there is great need of a flattering manner which, however faulty and discreditable in other transactions of life, is yet necessary during a candidateship. The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 The Whole Extant Correspodence in Chronological Order
This daughter of Opening Verse finished a creditable second in a maiden race at Doncaster on her only outing last season.
Are they less creditable because they could put on this performance on a Wednesday but not a Tuesday? Times, Sunday Times
It is evidence of other uncharged, discreditable acts.
the student's effort on the essay--though not outstanding--was creditable
You wouldn't be penalized for dropping "creditable" coverage later and signing up for Part D, Mr. Precht says. Most Retirees Must Sign Up for Medicare Part B
A strong desire had Quentin to have belaboured him while the staff of his lance could hold together, but he put a restraint on his passion, recollecting that a brawl with such a character could be creditable at no time or place, and that a quarrel of any kind, on the present occasion, would be a breach of duty, and might involve the most perilous consequences. Quentin Durward
Local rider Michael Mulcahy rode a fantastic race after puncturing and finished a creditable 10th.
What you see is essentially the stage production, but it's full of color and energy, and the principals all deliver creditable performances.
But does your religion permit you to take such uncreditable and immoral modes of recruiting?” Old Mortality
The problem is not where it now stands, but the shambolic, discreditable way in which it got there.
The pairs enjoyed a mixed bag of results, with three wins and creditable performances in their close losses.
No lives were lost this time but according to legend the girls ‘behaved in a most discreditable manner’ after the wrecking.
They turned out a quite creditable performance.
Although he lost, he turned in a highly creditable performance at the polls. Times, Sunday Times
Perhaps Masaccio inserted the least creditable event in St Julian's life as a warning against reckless anger, yet it seems unfitting in an altarpiece partly in the saint's honour.
I sat by Spotted Tail, exchanging civilities in my newly-acquired Siouxan-Wootton had never named me to him, evidently, and I was ill-advised enough to tell him my Apache handle of Wind Breaker, which he said solemnly was a brave and creditable one. Isabelle
We also express our gratitude to the media who were quickly on the scene and gave creditable coverage of the calamity.
This is a rotten, rat-in-a-hole, lonely, uncreditable way to die! Told in the East
Both turn in creditable vocal performances on an expertly chosen bunch of classic songs. The Sun
They turned out a quite creditable performance.
The other, less creditable, reason for their decision was personal gain.
On the contrary, creditable mention is made of the fact that she did instruct him, and that through that instruction he was made useful to the world; and all this upon the authority of inspiration, without one word of censure as to her unwomanliness.
He was in a postion to ascertain the truth of "Lucifer's discreditable rumor," to identify the Cynster involved and learn all the facts. DEVIL'S BRIDE
Even if the upper echelon is motivated to try to keep the shop clean, a police union operates in the opposite direction: its job, of course, is to defend its members, no matter how discreditable their conduct, and police associations have done a spectacular job of it. Archive 2009-04-01
Her brief career has been dotted with some creditable performances in the domestic circuit.
The committee considers that your behaviour was not only discreditable to yourself but also undermines the confidence the public should be able to place in the integrity of members of the medical profession.
Local rider Michael Mulcahy rode a fantastic race after puncturing and finished a creditable 10th.
It was an absolute necessity for the early turfmen of France to import the Anglo-Saxon man with the Anglo-Arabian horse if they would bring to a creditable conclusion the programme of 1833. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 26, September, 1880
Split into five legs the runners go in pairs and Radcliffe's seniors managed a creditable 20th place finish, with the mixed team coming 42nd.
Mike Dall won with a creditable net of perch scaling 4lb 4oz to restore some male pride.
They turned out a quite creditable performance.
I myself know an instance of one of the most creditable marchands in this capital, who demanded six francs an ell for some lutestring, laying his hand upon his breast at the same time, and declaring en conscience, that it had cost him within three sols of the money. Travels through France and Italy
Many of these objects are of great beauty; the creamy hue of the ware itself, slightly translucent, the graceful simplicity of their forms, and the delicate mouldings of classical designs in bass-relief with which they are adorned, producing an admirable effect, highly creditable to English taste. The International Magazine, Volume 2, No. 2, January, 1851
Cycling effortlessly between granite-hard drum excursions, creditable rapping and guitar riffage, the sinewy star seems hell-bent on vibing up the crowd.
They finished a creditable tenth last season, having suffered with numerous injuries to influential players. Times, Sunday Times
You've been risking your life and that pretty pink English skin of yours for one of the most worthless men in British Columbia; he's been a cattle rustler, a 'salter' of gold mines, and everything that is discreditable; it makes me indignant. The Shagganappi
He finished a highly creditable fifth in the 200m butterfly. Times, Sunday Times
There is action on every page, not all of it discreditable.
The meeting had a massive list of international competitors and they helped to attract a creditable crowd despite the very blustery conditions which ruled out record attempts.
The club did the county proud by coming a creditable third.
Now there are forged documents designed to discredit the anti-war movement - proof the warmongers have no creditable argument.
GS's position would be highly uncredible (uncreditable?) if the hypothetical issue discussed-AIG's collapse-actually happened. DealBook
The other, less creditable, reason for their decision was personal gain.
This is a very creditable performance. The Sun
The team produced a creditable performance .
There is a general keeping in this gorgeous equipage, which is highly creditable to the taste of the marchioness, for the marquis, "good easy man," (though a Bruce), he is too much engaged preserving his game at Ro-er-n park, and keeping up the game in St. St.phen's (where his influence is represented by no less than eight "sound men and true"), to attend to these trifling circumstances. The English Spy An Original Work Characteristic, Satirical, And Humorous. Comprising Scenes And Sketches In Every Rank Of Society, Being Portraits Drawn From The Life
Thus an assertion which does not suggest discreditable conduct by the plaintiff may still be defamatory if it imputes to him or her a condition calculated to diminish the respect and confidence in which the plaintiff is held. Archive 2009-10-01
It is, however, discreditable to defend the antics of high-profile people on the grounds that some of their critics have dubious motives.
For many, service to Christ constituted the only creditable alternative to matrimony and childbed.
An official with the Department of Health and Human Services told HuffPost that the law gives no flexibility on the definition of creditable coverage. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
Alice's record of perfect attendance is very creditable to her.
The other, less creditable, reason for their decision was personal gain.
If India's batting was masterful, their bowling in truly testing conditions was even more creditable.
And there is nothing in there about criminal conduct or discreditable conduct, even in criminal proceedings.
a 'salter' of gold mines, and everything that is discreditable; it makes me indignant. The Shagganappi
However, Amy still made the final and came a very creditable fourth.
The eight-year-old fulfilled the promise of several creditable placed efforts with an overdue success in a valuable handicap at Hamilton last week.
That is the one discreditable aspect of this election: the abysmal security situation.
Others again desire knowledge in order to acquire money or preferment by it; that too is a discreditable quest.
They end their debut top-flight season in a creditable sixth place. The Sun
It might be called discreditable enough to move any self-respecting people to shame. American Eloquence, Volume 4 Studies In American Political History (1897)
Apparently the workers of America are not yet ready to sing, although I recall a creditable chorus trained at Twenty Years at Hull-House, With Autobiographical Notes
I know from my own experience that this sometimes requires a creditable acting performance. The Guide to Lesbian and Gay Parenting
But in the far more influential New York Times, Bosley Crowther called the picture a fair and "creditable" reenactment and observed that MGM had "taken no obvious sides in the current atomic contentions. Greg Mitchell: White House Cover-Up: How Harry Truman Edited the First Hollywood Film About the Atomic Bomb
We put in what we thought was a highly creditable offer and we were $3 billion short. Times, Sunday Times
On our side (that is to say, Powell's side) is an intelligent lawyer (Morris Carnovsky) who does a thoroughly creditable job of broadening the young fanatic's philosophy, finally making him see that the murderer of his wife is not the single enemy, and that a really successful attack must be a broadside against all Fascists .... Caught in the Crossfire: Adrian Scott and the Politics of Americanism in 1940s Hollywood
The club finished a very creditable fifth out of eleven teams and narrowly failed to qualify for the finals.
I acknowledge the enthusiasm and unstinted support of railwaymen without whose dedicated efforts the creditable achievements of the Railways would not have been possible.
The results of this poll will be sent to Faux News, where they will be credited to some uncreditable source like Andy Martin. Obama Is in Indiana. McCain’s New Ad Is, Too. - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Our team came in a creditable third in the competition.
It was smoothly run and the Japanese, in particular, made a creditable on-field contribution.
In addition it is the constant series of attempts by MPs to conceal from the public gaze the nature and extent of their expenses and allowances that prompts people to believe that they have something, probably a considerable something to hide and that the manner in which expenses and allowances are being used is somehow discreditable. Tories Ceauşescu Moment?
She was very strong in the leading role, singing and acting well, while Lee was very creditable as the prince.
I acknowledge the enthusiasm and unstinted support of railwaymen without whose dedicated efforts the creditable achievements of the Railways would not have been possible.
He came a creditable third. Times, Sunday Times
The advantages to the country of a creditable display are, in an international point of view, of the first importance, while an indifferent or uncreditable participation by the State of the Union Address (1790-2001)
Here, on the contrary, your volunteers "do their spiriting gently:" all is good-nature and good manners; and a front is diminished, or a column of companies in line of march is eased off to the right or left to make way for carts or coaches, as the case requires, with a promptness which is the more creditable from the fact that the execution of a change in movement is no light matter. Impressions of America During The Years 1833, 1834, and 1835. In Two Volumes, Volume II.
She then received patriarchal permission to pursue kinship with offspring of creditable lineage!
They got a creditable draw at leaders Norwich last time out and can go one better this time. The Sun
When are we going to learn that reaching the last eight is a creditable performance? Times, Sunday Times
However, earlier on she had produced some creditable performances in her first four events in the senior women's pentathlon.
The film is a creditable effort to tell an African story from the point of view of an African.
Some special care is requisite in growing these splendid calceolarias in a creditable manner.
It just kind of seeps out with things that are said in passing, as if there were no other possible view, let alone a creditable one.
It is well, however, to recall the antecedents of a party that first tried to get into power through discreditable expedients, before resorting to a declaration of honest principles in finance. The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes
Racing against some of the best horses in the world, he once again ran a cracker to finish a very creditable fifth.
In reality, as the conflict in Bosnia cruelly showed, neutrality can become discreditable as well as counterproductive.
There are four very creditable designs (particularly as it's their first show).
The police have made good progress recently in the battle against crime. They are doing a creditable job.
If Medicare considers your existing coverage to be "creditable" - meaning, coverage that is as good as the standard Medicare prescription drug coverage benefit - you are permitted to keep your current coverage without incurring future penalties. Illinois IGNN: Main State Page News
Custom, moreover, proclaims as beautiful those excellences of man and woman with which God gifted them at birth. 144 Thus for a woman to bide tranquilly at home rather than roam aborad is no dishonour; but for a man to remain indoors, instead of devoting himself to outdoor pursuits, is a thing discreditable. Oeconomicus
his marks were not at all discreditable
Let's hope that this discreditable affair ends the anomalous featherbedded status of the arrogant, biased, venal, and wasteful BBC for once and for all. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
To go from sacred history to profane, does the gentleman there find it 'discreditable' for women to take any interest or any part in political affairs? Memoir of the Life of John Quincy Adams.
After some days of heavy rains, the conditions were not ideal but both sides put in creditable performances.

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