Merits

//ˈmɛɹ.ɪts//

"Merits" in a Sentence (12 examples)

There are merits and demerits to both your opinions so I'm not going to decide right away which to support.

Let's discuss the respective merits of the candidates.

Everybody has his merits and demerits.

In other words, the merits, etc. of making detours are the consideration of the attitudes of the landowners whose property the line would cross, the convenience of other towns and villages, as well as connection with other railway lines.

But in spite of the merits of being single, they do want to get married some day.

With all her merits she was not proud.

To do him justice, he is not without some merits.

His work merits the highest praise.

You can't know his merits by his appearance.

Justice is to judge men on their own merits, not according to their names or their ideas.

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I was the boss's pet project, but was rejected on the merits.

The merits of the case favored the plaintiffs, but their procedural blunders set them back.

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