pure-blooded
Example Sentences
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For sports-fan-turned-lawyer-turned-businessman Mitch Garber, 54, owning a piece of an NHL team is something no pure-blooded Montrealer could possibly turn down.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2019
In England, being a bastard was always a problem so it was unlikely Gendry would fare well against a pure-blooded candidate like Daenerys.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2017
The latter house -- known for its "cunning folk" -- was home to sneering Draco, his pure-blooded magical lineage and He Who Must Not Be Named, Lord Voldemort.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2015
Instead, he argues, this worldview “can be summarized in a single sentence: The Korean people are too pure-blooded, and therefore too virtuous, to survive in this evil world without a great parental leader.”
From New York Times • Jan. 27, 2010
She’d say, “I’m a real African. I’m a pure-blooded African.”
From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose
