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  • I try to appreciate the good people and things that are in my life.
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • I don't really appreciate expensive wine. It is wasted on me.
    appreciate = value
  • Sometimes you don't appreciate what you have because you're too focused on what you want.
  • I would appreciate it if you would let me finish the story without interruption.
    appreciate = be grateful
  • We appreciate it.   (source)
    appreciate = are grateful for
  • Tate, I appreciate your teaching me to read and all those things you gave me.   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • He was not well-educated or political, but if nothing else, he was a man who appreciated fairness.   (source)
    appreciated = valued
  • "No," I said, "but I really appreciate your refusal to give in to breakfasty social conventions."   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • Do you really appreciate him?   (source)
    appreciate = value and feel grateful for
  • He said he didn't know why he even bothered to come home anymore, since he no longer got the slightest bit of appreciation for his ideas.   (source)
    appreciation = gratitude or recognition of value
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  • He should appreciate the last breaths moving in and out of his lungs while those lungs are still under his control.   (source)
    appreciate = enjoy
  • He didn't like shopping malls, but he appreciated that Garrett was trying to be friendly.   (source)
    appreciated = was grateful
  • In my lonesome hours nothing would be more appreciated than to look at pictures of the family.   (source)
    appreciated = valued
  • But if you want to buy a few extra onions for Mary Lou, I'm sure she'd appreciate it.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful
  • It would probably be a mistake, however, to conclude thereby that McCandless failed to appreciate the beauty of the country around him, that he was unmoved by the power of the landscape.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value or importance of; and/or be grateful for
  • I thought if I spelled out the meaning of Daddy to you, it would help you along. I was trying to say, here, try these things, I will so appreciate it.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • My mother and I liked this Indian-ness in our background. She said it made us appreciate the gifts of nature; it made us closer to the land.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize and enjoy the value
  • ...a gold railroad watch inscribed: To Ezra Ford in appreciation of thirty years' service to the Milwaukee Road.   (source)
    appreciation = gratitude
  • This is very thoughtful of you, Jeremy, and we appreciate them.   (source)
    appreciate = are grateful for
  • You should appreciate a pig's advantages.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • Breakfast was as delicious as ever, and I wondered if there would come a time when I wouldn't appreciate these amazing meals.   (source)
  • But By sure didn't appreciate it.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value or feel gratitude for
  • "Don't you oh well me, sir," Miss Maudie replied, recognizing Jem's fatalistic noises, "you are not old enough to appreciate what I said."   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value or importance of
  • I think his shortcoming increased his appreciation; he loved it all indiscriminately—Beethoven, the latest love ditty, jazz, a hymn—it was all profoundly musical to Phineas.   (source)
    appreciation = gratitude or recognition of value
  • Any information you have pertaining to Princess Alyss will be highly appreciated and, in due time, rewarded.   (source)
    appreciated = valued
  • Simply to be alive to watch the sun rise over the sparkling snowy hillside ought to have been the greatest treasure on earth, yet he could not appreciate it:   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value or importance of; and/or be grateful for
  • But she says what she thinks, and lately I've come to appreciate her a great deal.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • Anyway, even if she's sugarcoating my good points, I appreciate it.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value or importance of; and/or am grateful for
  • "I didn't want you to think I didn't appreciate—"   (source)
    appreciate = value
  • I'm going to try to get right to the point. I'm sure we'll all appreciate that in the long run.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • You helped me escape from my problems for a while, and I appreciate that, but I have to face reality.   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • I know she'll appreciate it.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • Ta-Kumsaw was coming to appreciate what the boy was.   (source)
    appreciate = to recognize the value or importance of
  • He must have known how much I appreciated the place, which I visited a number of times over the years.   (source)
    appreciated = valued
  • The aims of these groups are entirely irreconcilable… Winston stopped reading, chiefly in order to appreciate the fact that he was reading, in comfort and safety.   (source)
    appreciate = enjoy (be grateful for)
  • He said with appreciation: "Good for you, Vera! You've got your wits about you-even if you have been scared half out of your life."   (source)
    appreciation = recognition of the value of something
  •   George said wonderingly, "S'pose they was a carnival or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing."
      Old Candy nodded in appreciation of the idea.   (source)
    appreciation = enjoyment
  • We couldn't do without Katczinsky; he has a sixth sense. There are such people everywhere but one does not appreciate it at first.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value or importance of
  • One of them added that it was hard lines that there wasn't any gentleman 'such like as like yourself, squire', to show some sort of appreciation of their efforts in a liquid form.   (source)
    appreciation = gratitude
  • "Well done for a yearling!" said the Sea Lion, who could appreciate good swimming.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize
  • ...said he was just loadened down with more gaudier chances than a prisoner ever had in the world to make a name for himself, and yet he didn't know enough to appreciate them, and they was just about wasted on him.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value of
  • An old soldier might be supposed to prize only the bloody laurel on his brow; but here was one who seemed to have a young girl's appreciation of the floral tribe.   (source)
    appreciation = enjoyment
  • Her merit in being gifted by Nature with strength and courage was fully appreciated by the Miss Bertrams; her delight in riding was like their own; her early excellence in it was like their own, and they had great pleasure in praising it.   (source)
    appreciated = valued
  • Then, perhaps sensing its efforts were underappreciated, the dog stopped bringing gifts, but by then Claude had begun his campaign.†   (source)
  • He stomped off into the graveyard, feeling unloved and underappreciated.†   (source)
  • They'd paddled around the bay, moving far quicker than she'd expected, and they'd seen harbor seals, and pelicans, and Mae was convinced this was a criminally underappreciated sport, and the bay a body of water woefully underused.†   (source)
  • Another Nieman Fellow, Terry Tang, cooked me duck and turnips—we spent a good part of an hour discussing the virtue of the lowly turnip and decided that it is greatly underappreciated—and once she even brought me a banana split.†   (source)
  • While there's no doubt that not having Percy's explosive ability hurt us, in my opinion, the person we missed most was Louis Murphy, who I'd always thought was publicly underappreciated.†   (source)
  • We appreciate the— no, we appreciate everything which you have put into the tree for us.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value or importance of; and/or am grateful for
  • Mom nodded at all our preparations; she'd always appreciated self-sufficiency.   (source)
    appreciated = valued
  • "Yes, we'd appreciate having a copy of the will, Ms. Pulaski," Theo replied.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • I appreciate everything you've done for me, all of you.   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • He should allow himself to spend his final moments appreciating who he was.   (source)
    appreciating = being grateful for
  • I appreciate you making things look authentic, but you didn't need to go that far.   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • "Saw your dad though, Ron. He looks fine."
      Ron nodded his appreciation of this news.   (source)
    appreciation = recognition of the value or importance of; and/or gratitude
  • I appreciate your coming to see me in here, I do.   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • Minos and Pasiphae fear that I do not fully…. appreciate their hospitality.   (source)
    appreciate = value and feel grateful for
  • "We don't appreciate sarcasm here at Trace Middle," said Miss Hennepin.   (source)
    appreciate = like
  • The forest had a good laugh at that, but The Cat didn't appreciate the teasing.   (source)
    appreciate = enjoy
  • It's only now that he's been corrupted that I can fully appreciate the real Peeta.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value or importance of; and/or am grateful for
  • Say this to her: "Lily would appreciate a sign letting her know that you love her."   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • Quick answers were appreciated in this household.   (source)
    appreciated = valued
  • But he found nothing too much when it was in appreciation of Alyss.   (source)
    appreciation = admiration
  • Do you appreciate your father, bachem?   (source)
    appreciate = value and feel grateful for
  • He looked at Mr. Tate as if he appreciated what he said.   (source)
    appreciated = recognized the value or importance of; and/or was grateful for
  • I really do appreciate you all, and I'll definitely want your help getting started tomorrow.   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • I started appreciating Mother Nature, what she'd done with the world.   (source)
    appreciating = being grateful for
  • It never seems to bother him when no one else appreciates his jokes.   (source)
    appreciates = recognizes the value or importance of; and/or is grateful for
  • I think Circe would appreciate the witchcraft.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • It's classic, just like those TV shows—and I ain't appreciating you disrespecting my patois.   (source)
    appreciating = being grateful for
  • I appreciated him, in his way. But he made a terrible soldier, however many men he could bleed.   (source)
    appreciated = recognized the value of
  • "Waddling is an underappreciated art," Bibwit heard the gwynook say to the caterpillar.   (source)
    underappreciated = not adequately valued
  • The sentiment, certainly, is very kind, and one I deeply appreciate.   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • You've always been kind to us, and I hope you know that I appreciate it.   (source)
  • I appreciated her gentle, laconic manner and understanding mien toward my youth and naivety.   (source)
    appreciated = was grateful for
  • Like, I know you're waiting for me to get better, and I really appreciate all your texts and everything.   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • And as the truck bounced along the dirt, he was able to appreciate the air blowing through the open window onto his hot and sweaty face.   (source)
    appreciate = enjoy (be grateful for)
  • Daisy and I were scanning stations in search of a song by a particular brilliant and underappreciated boy band when we landed upon a news story.   (source)
    underappreciated = not adequately valued
  • We appreciate your cooperation.   (source)
    appreciate = are grateful for
  • One side contains my exuberant cheerfulness, my flippancy, my joy in life and, above all, my ability to appreciate the lighter side of things.   (source)
    appreciate = enjoy
  • I guess I should have told Momma that I really appreciated her helping me get my friend back but I didn't have to.   (source)
    appreciated = was grateful for
  • Bloom said: "Much as I appreciate the compliment, I find that my interests lie right here in this city."   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • We did not have the correct change for the parking meter, so Gramps wrote a long note about how he was a visitor from Bybanks, Kentucky, and he was a World War II veteran with German shrapnel in his leg, and he kindly appreciated the members of the fair city of Madison allowing him to park in this space even though he did not have the correct change for the meter.   (source)
    appreciated = was grateful
  • I can't study next door in the afternoons, and I would appreciate it if you would reconsider my request!   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • With a nod and unpleasant smile to Harry, who was evidently expected to appreciate this treatment of Cattermole, Yaxley swept away toward another lift.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value or importance of; and/or am grateful for
  • We appreciate it.   (source)
    appreciate = are grateful for
  • No biggie—just a note for the permanent file, saying you folks appreciated me helping out your boy.   (source)
    appreciated = were grateful for
  • Stanley wondered if this was how a condemned man felt on his way to the electric chair, appreciating all of the good things in life for the last time.   (source)
    appreciating = being grateful for
  • I appreciate that.   (source)
    appreciate = am grateful for
  • Max appreciated the gesture, and to justify her bringing it home, he read the paper from cover to cover and showed her the puzzle a few hours later, completed but for one word.   (source)
    appreciated = was grateful
  • When Mom mentioned Jackson Pollock once, Lucy Jo said that she had Polish blood and therefore did not appreciate Mom using derogatory names for Polish people.   (source)
    appreciate = enjoy
  • "He felt that this was the greatest opportunity ever offered to his profession in this country, and he could not make them appreciate it," she said.   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value of
  • Thank you, I'd appreciate that.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful for
  • For clappers who believe their act will somehow bring about change in the world, their lie is disguised as a crowd looking back at them from the future, smiling in appreciation for what they've done.   (source)
    appreciation = gratitude
  • I only hope Bertus improves under her influence, or that Bep finds another man, one who knows how to appreciate her!   (source)
    appreciate = recognize the value of
  • I wrap my arms around his neck, feel his arms hesitate before they embrace me. Not as steady as they once were, but still warm and strong. A thousand moments surge through me. All the times these arms were my only refuge from the world. Perhaps not fully appreciated then, but so sweet in my memory, and now gone forever.   (source)
    appreciated = recognized the value or importance of; and/or was grateful for
  • But I would appreciate some vodka.   (source)
    appreciate = be grateful
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  • Scientists did not initially appreciate the complexity of genetic expression.
  • I appreciate your concerns about my proposal.
  • She has no appreciation of the delicacy of the negotiations.
    appreciation = understanding
  • She doesn't fully appreciate our difficulties.
    appreciate = understand
  • "With each passing minute, I'm developing a deeper appreciation of the word mortified," he said finally.   (source)
    appreciation = understanding
  • At that stage of my youth, death remained as abstract a concept as non-Euclidean geometry or marriage. I didn't yet appreciate its terrible finality or the havoc it could wreak on those who'd entrusted the deceased with their hearts.   (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
  • I was too worried and scared to appreciate the fact that he was trying to be funny.   (source)
    appreciate = understand
  • But after so long alone, I think we had both come to appreciate the value of open conversation.   (source)
  • Before I dazzle you with the symphonic sound of this unit, let me point out some of its less-appreciated features.   (source)
    appreciated = understood
  • He was only just beginning to appreciate what had happened.   (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
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  • It looked so easy, but the moment Kit took the wool cards into her hands she appreciated Mercy's skill.   (source)
    appreciated = understood
  • For a moment or two the forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter.   (source)
  • It was suspended for a moment in their gaze, as if to give the vast audience time to appreciate everything, the raw look of the victim's face, the empty street, the steel animal a bullet nosing the target.   (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
  • After several more encounters Belknap began to appreciate why Myrta had fallen so thoroughly for the man.   (source)
    appreciate = understand
  • BENEATHA: (With appreciation of the two meanings, which escape RUTH and WALTER) Un-huh.   (source)
    appreciation = understanding (of a situation)
  • This was when I first appreciated the comforts of real personhood, and its attendant secrets, among which is the harmonious relation between a self and his society.   (source)
    appreciated = understood
  • 'You haven't a real appreciation of Newspeak, Winston,' he said almost sadly. 'Even when you write it you're still thinking in Oldspeak.'   (source)
    appreciation = understanding
  • On Blore's side, assisting him to the best of our ability, will be myself, Dr. Armstrong and Miss Claythorne. You will appreciate, therefore, that the odds against you if you choose to resist will be somewhat heavy.   (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
  • It appreciated fully the chain of national circumstances which had elicited this tribute from Montenegro's warm little heart.   (source)
    appreciated = understood
  • You have been tutored and refined by books and retirement from the world, and you are therefore somewhat fastidious; but this only renders you the more fit to appreciate the extraordinary merits of this wonderful man.   (source)
    appreciate = understand
  • She regarded her cousin as an example of everything good and great, as possessing worth which no one but herself could ever appreciate, and as entitled to such gratitude from her as no feelings could be strong enough to pay.   (source)
  • But I came to appreciate that mountains make poor receptacles for dreams.   (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
  • But the pilot, to his credit, appreciated the gravity of my predicament and didn't give up.   (source)
    appreciated = understood (a situation)
  • "Only the difference between truth and lie, courage and cowardice," said Professor McGonagall, who had turned pale, "a difference, in short, which you and your sister seem unable to appreciate."   (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
  • "Its failure to appreciate its importance," the souvenir said, "has cost the Exposition Company many thousands of dollars."   (source)
    appreciate = understand
  • At the time, Geyer wrote, "I was not able to appreciate the intense significance of the renting of the Poplar Street house and the delivery of a stove of such immense size."   (source)
  • Burnham wrote: "a feeling of discouragement allied to hopelessness came over those who then first realized the extent and magnitude of the proposed undertaking, and appreciated the inexorable conditions of a time-limitation to the work…."   (source)
    appreciated = understood
  • There was another irony he failed to appreciate: His struggle to mold me in his image had been successful after all.   (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
  • Moreover, as the ground thawed, his route turned into a gauntlet of boggy muskeg and impenetrable alder, and McCandless belatedly came to appreciate one of the fundamental (if counterintuitive) axioms of the North: winter, not summer, is the preferred season for traveling overland through the bush.   (source)
  • If the day and the night are such that you greet them with joy, and life emits a fragrance like flowers and sweet-scented herbs, is more elastic, more starry, more immortal, that is your success. All nature is your congratulation, and you have cause momentarily to bless yourself. The greatest gains and values are farthest from being appreciated. We easily come to doubt if they exist.   (source)
    appreciated = understood (a situation)
  • It wasn't so much that I found her so pretty or attractive, which I would often come to hear about her from acquaintances like Renny Banerjee or the fellows at Murasan's, for at the time I didn't fully know how to look at a Western woman and immediately appreciate what should be beautiful and prized.   (source)
    appreciate = understand
  • I'm not sure if I've ever appreciated fully the moral or deeper meanings of the story, which it no doubt has, but nevertheless it makes me think of many notions, the first being that the man has begun, whether knowing it or not, a sort of quest or journey, and ultimately finds himself, if in spiritual disillusion.   (source)
    appreciated = understood
  • You do not appreciate, comrade, the mighty thing that we have done.   (source)
    appreciate = understand
  • But I quite appreciate the fact that we are all strangers to one another and that in those circumstances, nobody can be exonerated without the fullest proof.   (source)
    appreciate = understand (a situation)
  • You do not deserve the office, if you cannot appreciate the talents of your company a little better.   (source)
    appreciate = understand
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  • We expect our home to appreciate in value and make retiring easier when our children have moved out and we sell it.
    appreciate = increase
  • ...we have increased our capital to $11,587.50, an appreciation of twenty-seven point eight percent calculated on an annual basis.   (source)
    appreciation = increase in value
  • This car is only going to appreciate in value.   (source)
    appreciate = increase
  • Real estate advertisements were full of testimonials to its location and appreciating values.   (source)
    appreciating = increasing
  • The colored lady said the pieces [of furniture] had aged and appreciated.   (source)
    appreciated = increased in value
  • In fact I've had several market appraisals done in recent years, with the consensus being that my house hasn't fallen in price (as everything else in the county has, especially commercial properties like my former store), but has even appreciated somewhat;   (source)
  • The coins over the years have, as you might imagine, appreciated in value enormously.   (source)
    appreciated = increased
  • Appreciation of our home has about matched inflation.
    appreciation = the increase in value
  • The Chinese intervened so their currency would not appreciate relative to the dollar.
    appreciate = increase in value
  • I do look forward to your criticisms, which, to my shame and glory, are always grand appreciations.†   (source)
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  • He was a pure man of letters, untimely born in a world that had no need of letters; but after publishing one volume of brief and exquisite literary appreciations, of which one hundred and twenty copies were sold, thirty given away, and the balance eventually destroyed by the publishers (as per contract) to make room for more marketable material, he had abandoned his real calling, and taken a sub-editorial job on a women's weekly, where fashion-plates and paper patterns alternated with…†   (source)
  • Webster ... gave his imprimatur to to appreciate (i.e., to rise in value)...   (source)
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  • You will appreciate that it would be impossible otherwise for members to participate in hunt activities such as Horseback Head-Juggling and Head Polo.†   (source)
  • I appreciate your thoughtfulness.†   (source)
  • I appreciate the help.†   (source)
  • "Greatly appreciated," Josh says.†   (source)
  • My father never appreciated that observation.†   (source)
  • The key is to appreciate the author's long-term thinking.†   (source)
  • And I appreciate your concern.†   (source)
  • No appreciation for it?†   (source)
  • ° I didn't appreciate it as a kid.†   (source)
  • If you can get us anything, we would really appreciate it, mister.†   (source)
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  • "We'll be appreciated in Cape Town.†   (source)
  • Not necessarily to talk, but just to be together and appreciate them.†   (source)
  • His emotions were scattered: appreciation for Minho standing up to everybody on his behalf, disbelief at Gally's continuous belligerence, fear of what the final decision would be.†   (source)
  • I felt a cocktail of beautiful emotions coursing through me: peace, love, appreciation.†   (source)
  • And I appreciate your concern.†   (source)
  • Any help very much appreciated.†   (source)
  • We really appreciate the opportunity to let her show what she can do.†   (source)
  • Your business will be appreciated.†   (source)
  • And someday, you'll learn to appreciate them as much as I do.†   (source)
  • But if you do want to help, Tally and I would appreciate it.†   (source)
  • I'm sure Prince Maxon will appreciate knowing that my absence is your doing.†   (source)
  • I appreciate that.†   (source)
  • What you need is to go somewhere the people would appreciate you.†   (source)
  • My natural tendency toward sarcasm is still not appreciated.†   (source)
  • I think you of all people would understand that because I think you of all people are alive and appreciate what that means.†   (source)
  • "I can't tell you how much we appreciate this," Violet said, carefully.†   (source)
  • I think he would appreciate it.†   (source)
  • And I do appreciate your efforts.†   (source)
  • He could apologize to Matthew and Mark, too, for not appreciating the checkers and card games they played with him when he knew they'd rather be outside.†   (source)
  • "It's not like I don't appreciate what you're doing.†   (source)
  • I'll do it for a few more years, then I'll give it to his parents to give to him when he's older and ready to appreciate it."†   (source)
  • I really appreciate it.†   (source)
  • And then I was tired from screaming and Mother took me back to the flat in another taxi and the next morning was Saturday and she told Mr. Shears to go out and get me some books about science and maths from the library, and they were called 100 Number Puzzles and The Origins of the Universe and Nuclear Power, but they were for children and they were not very good so I didn't read them, and Mr. Shears said, "Well, it's nice to know my contribution is appreciated."†   (source)
  • I really do appreciate my apartment.†   (source)
  • Appreciate it?†   (source)
  • A little appreciation.†   (source)
  • I appreciate it.†   (source)
  • They can't just appreciate.†   (source)
  • He appreciated that, especially after me and Rose.†   (source)
  • Then you'll appreciate your freezing mornings and days without sun."†   (source)
  • I really appreciate that you have offered me to stay with you.†   (source)
  • Guess she doesn't appreciate the "cousin" affection.†   (source)
  • "I don't think Owen would appreciate any laughter."†   (source)
  • He looks around the kitchen, nodding to an invisible audience able to appreciate the magnitude of my ignorance.†   (source)
  • I appreciate that.†   (source)
  • He appreciates that they are trying to play the game.†   (source)
  • The tribal chieftains will appreciate what you do.†   (source)
  • I appreciate waterfowl.†   (source)
  • The frost patterns on the window were as beautiful as always, but I could not appreciate them.†   (source)
  • I don't think they appreciated us wrecking their plants, but we were having such a fun time, I swear we didn't notice!†   (source)
  • It had a beauty he alone could appreciate.†   (source)
  • There'll be a lot of H2O at the end, but I'll be too dead to appreciate it.†   (source)
  • She laughed again and said, "Good, because I don't think her new husband would appreciate the competition.†   (source)
  • How else could I appreciate what my parents had done for me?†   (source)
  • Mare, you know I appreciate— I just wish—†   (source)
  • It felt a little awkward, but by the way Spencer squeezed her hand, Emily could tell she appreciated it.†   (source)
  • "Yeah, Rameck always come through for us," a skinny boy named Marley added with appreciation.†   (source)
  • I appreciate it.†   (source)
  • We appreciate that.†   (source)
  • She tells me that the family really appreciates the care she gives him.†   (source)
  • Well, I really appreciate that.†   (source)
  • You did your job, and we appreciate it.†   (source)
  • I have a vast appreciation for things that others may take for granted.†   (source)
  • From our room we can hear them, but Nenny just sleeps and doesn't appreciate these things.†   (source)
  • He grows to appreciate being utterly disconnected from the world.†   (source)
  • She couldn't drag a single word of appreciation out of Pedro's mouth.†   (source)
  • His attitudes and abilities were appreciated by both pupils and teachers.†   (source)
  • I nod my head in appreciation.†   (source)
  • Which he appreciated.†   (source)
  • I appreciate it.†   (source)
  • Back in the hood the air was kept from moving and his face grew warmer and the fact that his head was warm seemed to warm his whole body and once he became accustomed to the cold he could look around and appreciate the world around him.†   (source)
  • Look, I appreciate that you care about me, I really do.†   (source)
  • I appreciate your help.†   (source)
  • I appreciate it, though.†   (source)
  • I'd appreciate it.†   (source)
  • I'm just trying to say I don't want to see you mess up. troy: Yeah, I appreciate that, Bono.†   (source)
  • The prisoners sat in Poetry Appreciation chairs—strapped in.†   (source)
  • Today, though, I'd appreciate it if you would keep your mind on the examination.†   (source)
  • It's not lust this time; it's more like a look of appreciation.†   (source)
  • I really appreciate that, pal.†   (source)
  • And I was thankful to be in the company of friends who appreciated the miracle of it all.†   (source)
  • I'd appreciate it if you'd keep an eye on me.†   (source)
  • She could appreciate nature after the mission was over.†   (source)
  • "You didn't appreciate it?"†   (source)
  • And now, twenty years later, he could finally appreciate Daddy's wisdom.†   (source)
  • You have a nice way of showing your appreciation.†   (source)
  • Again I express my appreciation for whatever you can do to help Miss Kaysen.†   (source)
  • We appreciate the hospitality.†   (source)
  • As the service ended, each unit left a token of appreciation—a unit patch or coin, something.†   (source)
  • But they loved and appreciated him.†   (source)
  • Which I do not appreciate, and said so.†   (source)
  • "They'll appreciate that.†   (source)
  • But I would very much appreciate if you would kindly be able to tell us about your and Hana's story.†   (source)
  • It's appreciated, Ephraim.†   (source)
  • I really appreciate it.†   (source)
  • That wants to be appreciated.†   (source)
  • What they didn't appreciate was that there was gold in their anxiety.†   (source)
  • Just put it down on a rock next to him, with no thanks or nod of appreciation.†   (source)
  • Thanks I appreciate that.†   (source)
  • Matthew, wearing a red wool sweater and now sporting sideburns, called my mother's picture "promising" (knowing to appreciate a subject with a full head) and Boo's "startling and emotional."†   (source)
  • I appreciate that.†   (source)
  • I appreciate it.†   (source)
  • None could appreciate the safety of ghost company.†   (source)
  • "Not everyone," the girl observed in the same detached drawl, "seems to appreciate the accommodations at the bunkers."†   (source)
  • I really appreciated it.†   (source)
  • "I--I really appreciate this, Mrs. Eggers," I stammered.†   (source)
  • Max Arnold, who loved fine lines, would've appreciated it.†   (source)
  • Kind of the way people who really know clothing can appreciate the fme details that separate a cheap gray wool suit from an expensive hand-tailored gray wool suit.†   (source)
  • Mia would appreciate it.†   (source)
  • ToHMAS had its own celebration where I received a certificate in appreciation of my activities of the previous two years.†   (source)
  • I hope Jody appreciates it.†   (source)
  • I appreciate it, Murray.†   (source)
  • It was the kind of nonsense she appreciated.†   (source)
  • He wiped his hands, belched his appreciation, and went to the door.†   (source)
  • But it was only when they reached the main entrance that they appreciated just how vast the tree was.†   (source)
  • You appreciate me lying to you?†   (source)
  • Miss Kenton, I appreciate your kindness.†   (source)
  • It's a reminder about loyalty and appreciation.†   (source)
  • He did not appreciate the fact that I had to be well dressed when I played the piano in public.†   (source)
  • That's how she came to appreciate what Jesus did for her and the whole human race.†   (source)
  • How can we appreciate anything fully when overwhelmed with too much?†   (source)
  • "It's much appreciated."†   (source)
  • She was usually still in bed when I left for school, so I didn't get to appreciate her outfit until she got home from work.†   (source)
  • I really appreciate that.†   (source)
  • I appreciate the way she chooses her words.†   (source)
  • I really appreciate it.†   (source)
  • She was sure that a man as refined as he would appreciate the gesture.†   (source)
  • Even Clarke, who hadn't stopped moving since the crash, froze in her tracks, her head tilted up to better appreciate the miracle taking place overhead.†   (source)
  • Even the hawks could appreciate these facts.†   (source)
  • "I appreciate the offer and the interest," I told him.†   (source)
  • Kant would have appreciated it.†   (source)
  • No one appreciated it.†   (source)
  • Your help is greatly appreciated.†   (source)
  • But unfortunately you are not able to appreciate it.†   (source)
  • I looked at Valerie in awe, appreciating for the first time her perpetual marble calm.†   (source)
  • She appreciated his comfort with his own body, and his wanton attitude to hers, and the rhythm and strum of his touch, and his beauty, his animal beauty, and the pleasure he evoked in her.†   (source)
  • Nobu appreciates fine things.†   (source)
  • Appreciate it.†   (source)
  • I must get them out soon or I shall lose that proper glow of appreciation one feels right after receiving gifts one does not need or even like all that much.†   (source)
  • We appreciate the complicated and wonderful gifts you give us in each other.†   (source)
  • I was angry that he had recovered so quickly and felt let down that he didn't appreciate the greatness of my achievement.†   (source)
  • Dan appreciated that Abby was determined to find the silver lining in everything that morning; he needed a dose of her optimism in his life.†   (source)
  • Miss Alexandra, we appreciate that more than anything.†   (source)
  • I appreciate that you actually showed yourself to be greater than your prejudices and have given me a chance here.†   (source)
  • "I'd appreciate that very much.†   (source)
  • I'd really appreciate it.†   (source)
  • No one appreciates talent like the Greeks.†   (source)
  • I hope you appreciate your good fortune.†   (source)
  • The boy said, "We sure do appreciate this.†   (source)
  • I really appreciate it.†   (source)
  • I appreciate everything you've done for us," I said.†   (source)
  • I appreciate you saying you'll do it for me, but you're right.†   (source)
  • Rufus thought of afternoons and evenings on the stand when people had come up to him to bawl their appreciation and to prophesy that he would do great things.†   (source)
  • He made a point of discreetly inserting bits and pieces of news into his sermons, something we appreciated.†   (source)
  • SINCE SOUND IS NO LONGER APPRECIATED, I HEREBY ABOLISH IT.†   (source)
  • The coach didn't appreciate him mavericking fighters on his own.†   (source)
  • I appreciate the warning.†   (source)
  • Forgiveness granted, I made some decisions: appreciate family, focus on school and hunt for Kristina.†   (source)
  • "I really appreciate your telling me all this, Charlotte," he said.†   (source)
  • Can't we appreciate that, even for a minute?"†   (source)
  • Chief, I just offered you a token of my appreciation.†   (source)
  • YOUR COOPERATION WILL BE APPRECIATED.†   (source)
  • Faryen appreciated that.†   (source)
  • I appreciate the thought.†   (source)
  • I appreciate it very much indeed.†   (source)
  • She will appreciate your interest.†   (source)
  • "Thank you for appreciating my blackness," Shaunee said.†   (source)
  • I appreciate your help in my hour of need.†   (source)
  • She was swift to appreciate the change in Johnnie.†   (source)
  • I figured I might start out talking about some personal observations inspired by Kesey's One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest, then move on to a sensitive appreciation of Plath's The Bell Jar and its story of a woman's journey into madness.†   (source)
  • I appreciate it.†   (source)
  • I never really appreciated it as I should, but through this ultimate gift from the will, I have been able to share my home with other people and have come to appreciate it myself.†   (source)
  • An athlete who gets caught cheating is generally condemned, but most fans at least appreciate his motive: he wanted so badly to win that he bent the rules.†   (source)
  • Your efforts are greatly appreciated.†   (source)
  • That wasn't a skill I appreciated much.†   (source)
  • I appreciate it, Jack.†   (source)
  • So you fix this little deal up for me and I will appreciate it.†   (source)
  • They don't always appreciate convenience.†   (source)
  • 7 years, so a new school was appreciated in a way the Americans could barely fathom.†   (source)
  • Howard would surely appreciate a relatively low and equal impost.†   (source)
  • They appreciated that we'd left our families and were risking our lives to help them.†   (source)
  • She springs into action with that immovable firmness of hers, a quality I've never truly appreciated until this moment.†   (source)
  • I wanted my siblings to notice that and appreciate it, and do things for her in return.†   (source)
  • He appreciated seeing it.†   (source)
  • "Adam, I really appreciate your honesty," he said.†   (source)
  • I hope, by the time I'm finished with you, you'll have the same appreciation.†   (source)
  • The older I get, the more I appreciate my childhood.†   (source)
  • We really appreciate it.†   (source)
  • Zombie doesn't fully appreciate the pricelessness of promises or he wouldn't toss them out so casually.†   (source)
  • Really, it was she who'd first taught me to appreciate them.†   (source)
  • I hoped the efforts of guys like Harlon would be appreciated in the future.†   (source)
  • You may appreciate it more if you drink from it.†   (source)
  • As a token of his appreciation, he made them a gift of a book his publishing house had just brought out.†   (source)
  • I'm sure they appreciate the sugar.†   (source)
  • I don't appreciate being referred to as an issue.†   (source)
  • "I appreciate your desire to participate," he began to say.†   (source)
  • It is a statement in appreciation of sensitivity and appropriate gestures.†   (source)
  • "Thanks," I muttered with appreciation.†   (source)
  • It was no wonder, then, that he appreciated nothing.†   (source)
  • But it looks as if they really appreciate you here, Transito.†   (source)
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