lowborn
Example Sentences
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Egg, who is revealed to be Prince Aegon V Targaryen, has never known brotherly love or witnessed goodness in action until he meets Dunk, one of the lowest of the lowborn.
From Salon ● Jun. 20, 2026
But Ballad offers new insight into how the Capitol’s leading families viewed the rest of Panem, especially anyone “district,” like Coriolanus’ rich but lowborn friend, Sejanus.
From Slate ● May 22, 2020
Bennett, a coaching savant since starting his career with consecutive 26-win seasons at lowborn hoops outpost Washington State, just achieved the ultimate validation.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 9, 2019
As Thomas Cromwell, More’s prosecutorial nemesis, Todd Cerveris has thuggishness enough but not the bristling intelligence that elevated the lowborn Cromwell to power.
From New York Times ● Feb. 4, 2019
As daughters of a landed knight, the twins were too lowborn to marry, but Cletus did not think that was any reason to stop kissing diem.
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
