noble
Example Sentences
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“But we are doing this, not for now, we are doing this for the future, and it is a noble mission.”
From Los Angeles Times
Yet aside from his military prowess, manners and charity were two other merits that defined his noble lineage.
From Literature
The roads were flooded with nobles and soldiers and servants and peasants, and they all erupted into victorious shouts as the carriage came into view.
From Literature
Before John Wayne and Gary Cooper, there were the noble vaqueros of Mexico, myth-makers in their own right.
From Los Angeles Times
Tennyson’s later works were mostly elegant, noble and dull.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
