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How to use appreciation in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Appreciation means the act of appreciating. Example: “We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service.”

Examples of appreciation by meaning

nounA fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.

  • We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service.

nounAccurate perception; true estimation.

  • an appreciation of the difficulties before us
  • an appreciation of colors
  • Our dualism gave us a better appreciation of the nation-state we lived in, though if Britain was a “nation” as well as a “state”, where did that leave Scotland?2014 September 16, Ian Jack, “Is this the end of Britishness”, in The Guardian

More sentences with appreciation

  • If not for her surgical skill, you'd be dead now, so some appreciation may be in order.From the entry if not for
  • The crowd cheered and stamped their feet in appreciation.From the entry stamp
  • Our company fosters an appreciation for the arts.From the entry foster
  • This journal is a great gift to yourself or someone else for encouragement, appreciation, empowerment, and recognition.2021 March 31, Terri Jordan Adams, She's Executive Officer: The She-E-o: Take Notes, Independently Published, →ISBN. From the entry she-E-O
  • The appreciation of microtiming seems to be an exclusive pleasure for the music elite.2015 August 20, Lorenz Kilchenmann, Olivier Senn, “Microtiming in Swing and Funk affects the body movement behavior of music expert…. From the entry microtiming
  • Copper wolves down his portion and shows his appreciation with a loud belch.2015, David C. Pappas, “Punta Del Este to Stanley — The Roaring Forties”, in The One Eyed Albatross, Denver, Colo.: Outskirts Press…. From the entry wolve down
  • Parody, in its purest form, is an act of both mockery and appreciation.2014 June 26, A. A. Dowd, “Paul Rudd and Amy Poehler Spoof Rom-com Clichés in They Came Together”, in The A.V. Club, archived from the…. From the entry skewer
  • Show your appreciation with a gentle wiggle at the post office when you open your mail.2014 September 2, Myf Warhurst, “Nicki Minaj's Anaconda elevates backside wobbling to a lifestyle choice”, in The Guardian, archived from…. From the entry better for it
  • But a part of me would like a little bit of appreciation, thankuverymuch.2011, Zoe Evans, Confessions of a Wannabe Cheerleader, Simon Spotlight, →ISBN, page 169. From the entry thankuverymuch
  • An interesting event happened in my house that buttressed my appreciation of glandulars.2010, Roy Mankovitz, The Wellness Project, page 158. From the entry glandular
  • Reviewers in the heavies aim to impress with the depth of their knowledge and appreciation.2006, Richard Keeble, The Newspapers Handbook. From the entry heavy
  • We had discovered a mutual appreciation for saganaki, that artery busting, salt laden, fried goat's cheese.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 1. From the entry saganaki
  • British rapheads do not usually have a great appreciation for rap acts with a pop edge.2000 August 19, Kwaku et al., “Keepin’ It Real around the World”, in Billboard, volume 112, number 34, →ISSN, page 40. From the entry mc
  • Please accept my thanx and gratitude as a small token of appreciation.1995, Tupac Shakur, letter to Lori; published in Molly Monjauze, Gloria Cox, Staci Robinson, editors, Tupac Remembered: Bearing Witness to…. From the entry thanx
  • Compare SudhoS's informed appreciation of medieval medicine and sanitation with Coulton's lukewarmer and vaguer account.1973, The Condition of Man, page 444. From the entry lukewarmer
  • Danciger their appreciation for his good works on behalf of the citizens of Perú.1963, Ignacio A. Richkarday, translated by Ann Marie Swenson, Jack Danciger: His Life and Work, →OCLC. From the entry Perú
  • So I figure a little prehumous appreciation of the fact is in order.”1954, Post Stories, New York, N.Y.: Random House, page 154. From the entry prehumous
  • The typical immuno-pathologic appreciation of this reaction could be presented in a few cases of acute exacervations.1953, The Japanese Journal of Tuberculosis, volume 2, page 368. From the entry exacervation
  • To these, for the Academy, we wish to extend our thanks and appreciation.1908, First Class, United States Naval Academy, Lucky Bag, First Class, United States Naval Academy, page 210. From the entry swordmaster
  • "You refuse to take me seriously," Lute said, when she had laughed her appreciation.1906, Jack London, Moon-Face. From the entry laugh
  • Wow, stumbled across this video of my daddy (RIH) showing appreciation to my grandma (RIH) on her 83rd birthday!2026 May 17, Renita Banks-Simmons, Facebook.com. From the entry RIH
  • Within Vaporwave, and other artists' expressions of a neofuturist aesthetic, there once was a certain ‘meta’ appreciation to be found.2019, Emile Frankel, Hearing the Cloud: Can Music Help Reimagine The Future?, John Hunt Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry neofuturist
  • How much more, then, is needed a surrender of the will before there can be adequate appreciation of the Scriptures?2019, Francis John McConnell, Understanding the Scriptures, Good Press. From the entry scriptures
  • I now have a very intimate appreciation of why the analysis of political corruption is an underattended subject.2015, Peter DeLeon, Thinking About Political Corruption, →ISBN. From the entry underattended
  • But appreciation of the plant is no modern thing.2014 December 23, Olivia Judson, “The hemiparasite season [print version: Under the hemiparasite, International New York Times, 24–25…. From the entry mistletoe
  • The selection is then based on the appreciation by other volunteers and especially by the team leaders of the local projects.2011, Michael Groneberg, Christian Funke, Combatting Homophobia, page 55. From the entry hospitate
  • This has led me to a new appreciation of bibliopoesy, the making of books, and bibliopegy, bookbinding as a fine art.2010, Pradeep Sebastian, “The Browser’s Ecstasy”, in The Groaning Shelf and Other Instances of Book Love, Hachette India, published 2011…. From the entry bibliopoesy
  • He would wuffle and snuggle from just outside, wagging his feathery tail in appreciation of his tiny young friend's attentions.2009, Christopher J. Wortham, Fragments… From Two Lives on Three Continents, Eloquent Books, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry wuffle
  • Carson has a certain appreciation for fluff: big functionless pillows on her bed to supplement those used for sleeping.2007 January 5, Ginia Bellafante, “With Ed, All’s Green on the Domestic Front”, in New York Times. From the entry functionless
  • I came to have a much better appreciation of what the GIBs had to put up with in the back.2007, Mike McCarthy, Phantom Reflections: The Education of an American Fighter Pilot in Vietnam, Westport, C.T.; Lonton: Praeger Security…. From the entry gib
  • The many Tibetans who traveled to Yuan and Ming China would have developed knowledge, experience, and appreciation for scholars' rocks.2004, Robert N. Linrothe, Paradise and Plumage, page 24. From the entry scholar's rock
  • How you perform your kartavya in the light of the standards of karma is your comprehension and appreciation of the Gita.2002, Hullasa Behera, 50 flowers from Bhagavat Gita: a solace against frightening materialism, Delhi: Pustak Mahal, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 62…. From the entry kartavya
  • In cultural terms this was reflected in ETA's appreciation of Baque sculptor Jorge Oteiza's artistic theory of the disoccupation of space.1999, William A. Douglass, Basque Politics and Nationalism on the Eve of the Millennium, page 107. From the entry disoccupation
  • In appreciation for his service of railroading Frank, the power-brokering Watson sent his venal henchman Dorsey to the U.S.1998, Jay Robert Nash, Terrorism in the 20th Century, page 78. From the entry henchman
  • This requires an appreciation of disconfirmatory as well as confirmatory evidence, and of what is causally relevant in a given situation.1998, Usha Goswami, Cognition in Children, Psychology Press, page 118. From the entry disconfirmatory
  • Special notice of appreciation to the Srtas.1997, Joel René Escobar y Sáenz, Family History of José María Escobar and His Descendants. From the entry Srta.

Meaning of appreciation

  1. noun The act of appreciating.
  2. noun A fair valuation or estimate of merit, worth, weight, etc.; recognition of excellence; gratitude and esteem.
  3. noun Accurate perception; true estimation.

Full definition of appreciation

Questions about appreciation in a sentence

How do you use appreciation in a sentence?
Appreciation is used as a noun. For example: “We give to you this trophy as a token of our appreciation of all your years of service.”
What is a short sentence with appreciation?
“an appreciation of colors”
What does appreciation mean?
Appreciation means the act of appreciating.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: appreciation (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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