That was why she secretly admired women like Sally, irritating and graceless though they might be.

Eve secretly admired women who put themselves together, top to toe, with such seeming effortlessness.

Or was she secretly admiring his courage, strength, and skill?

Or had that just freed his uncle to edge a little nearer to those dark deeds he secretly admired?

That's what we secretly admire about them - they never stop.

And more than that, she secretly admired him for the scrupulous delicacy with which he had expressed himself.

He'd always secretly admired the Paragons; not least because they were everything he was not.

Dear David secretly admired his cousin, and wanted to be just like him.

They were both formidable kungfu practitioners, and secretly admired each other's art.

Jerry secretly admired her prowess and was ashamed of himself for admiring it.