blue blood
Example Sentences
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But Veda has zero admiration for Mildred’s rapid upward mobility, striking the pose of a blue blood who looks down on hard work.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 29, 2026
It was Brown, a Rhode Island blue blood whose name now adorns an Ivy League university, who in 1790 financed Slater’s stolen ideas for a state-of-the-art cotton mill.
From Barron's ● Jan. 28, 2026
Long before Cignetti was laying waste to college football’s blue blood programs, his head coaching journey began in 2011 when he was hired by a once-proud Division II program called Indiana University of Pennsylvania.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 13, 2026
He also came from Belgium by way of UC Santa Barbara—a far cry from a college hoops blue blood.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 26, 2025
He's got so much blue blood that most any time at all I expect him to whip out one of those fancy glasses on sticks.
From The Black Fawn by James Arthur Kjelgaard
