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Example Sentences

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It’s a conviction that allows us to ennoble ourselves with pathos, with rueful maturity, with wisdom won too late.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2021

The number of people who, out of civic generosity, think that they can enlarge or ennoble their selves by giving their energies to a good larger than themselves?

From Salon • May 27, 2019

“I think I know who Virginians are — I think they want somebody who will ennoble and uplift and motivate rather than divide.”

From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2018

It feels wrong to ennoble any of this with high-flown terms like “rhetoric,” just as it is a stretch to describe much of what media personalities tweet, post or say as “journalism.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 22, 2016

But besides all this, we, the professors of decorative art, must manifest power in our works, for we are teachers sent forth to instruct, and ennoble, and elevate our fellow-creatures.

From Principles of Decorative Design Fourth Edition by Dresser, Christopher