How to Use meritorious in a Sentence

meritorious

adjective
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  • She was given an award for meritorious service.
  • This is not a good thing to do, not for meritorious service, but for nothing.
    — Douglas Hofstadter, The Atlantic, 30 Jan. 2018
  • A day and a night [fighting for Islam] is more meritorious than a month of fasting.
    — Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2016
  • For meritorious achievement while in flight, he was awarded the Air Medal.
    — Bonnie L. Cook, Philly.com, 16 June 2017
  • He was awarded 18 Air Medals for meritorious acts and heroism in flight.
    — April Dembosky, Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Sorry, as much as the nation would love for Donald Trump to do something meritorious — the nation and world are still waiting.
    — Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News, 8 June 2017
  • One from this month in Kuwait shows her beaming with her meritorious promotion to sergeant.
    — Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 31 Aug. 2021
  • He was later awarded the Bronze Star and a Silver Star for meritorious service.
    — New York Times, 9 Nov. 2021
  • The meritorious program comes most alive through participant stories and footage of the teams scrambling to build and test their robots.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Arnold won the very first MacKay Trophy, which recognizes the most meritorious military flight of the year.
    — David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The court found that the ban likely means the plaintiffs -- transgender troops some with decades or meritorious service – had their rights to due process violated.
    — Tom Vanden Brook, USA TODAY, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Any justice can ask that a pending case be put on the list for discussion, usually after law clerks have culled those that may be meritorious.
    — Joan Biskupic, CNN, 17 Oct. 2021
  • Sigman was one of two women to receive the Silver Star for meritorious duty.
    — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 27 Feb. 2018
  • And the other involves the issue of meritorious promotion and relegation, both at the heart of British soccer.
    — Chris Jones, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Gaetz, like Trump, ignited the imagination of some of the GOP base, which sees such disruption as meritorious and evidence of a fight on the little guys’ behalf.
    — Philip Elliott, TIME, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Dismissing a meritorious complaint before discovery is one of the worst things any judge can do.
    — Olivia Krauth, The Courier-Journal, 8 May 2023
  • The issue was whether one was free to achieve personal salvation by meritorious acts or renunciations or through the good offices of the church.
    — Marilynne Robinson, New Republic, 12 Dec. 2017
  • The organization has to strike a balance between rewarding the player for his years of meritorious service and doing what’s best for the team.
    — Dylan Hernández Columnist, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2020
  • Any timekeeping system is valid, and each is as meritorious as its purpose.
    — Jonathon Keats, Discover Magazine, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The division’s data shows that over the last decade, only 4% of the cases considered by the panels were considered meritorious.
    — Jessica Miller, ProPublica, 10 Apr. 2023
  • The proportion of these filings that the NLRB deemed meritorious did not change during this period.
    — Timothy Noah, The New Republic, 20 Apr. 2022
  • Considering the tremendous impact the PFD has had on every Alaskan for decades, few present proposals may be as meritorious.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 10 Feb. 2018
  • These, according to the program statement, are meritorious awards meant to not only reward those in the BOP who go above and beyond in their role, but also provide incentives and morale boosters for the staff.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • His awards include the meritorious service ribbon, good conduct medal, Vietnam Cross of Gallantry, jump wings, crewman wings and the combat infantry badge.
    — Michelle Matthews | Mmatthews@al.com, al, 6 Nov. 2019
  • With a full power of removal, the President will be more likely to spare unworthy officers through fear than to displace the meritorious through caprice or passion.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 12 Sep. 2012
  • Dickson, who had already been awarded a Distinguished Flying Cross for meritorious service, was on his 68th mission, just two away from being able to return home to his wife and 2-year-old daughter.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 9 Apr. 2018
  • He also has been recognized for his leadership and performance in the line of duty and has received lifesaving awards and a meritorious service medal.
    — C.r. Walker, chicagotribune.com, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Defenders counter that only the most meritorious cases are funded, since anything less would make a bad investment.
    — Sara Randazzo, WSJ, 5 July 2018
  • Dickson was on his 68th mission and had already been awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross for meritorious service.
    — The Washington Post, AL.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • This is not to say every whistleblower appeal is meritorious.
    — Chris McLamb, Fortune, 9 June 2023

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