blue blood
Example Sentences
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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
In the brave new world of college football, blue blood means nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 2, 2026
The baseball world is sensing a Dodger vulnerability, as if there’s blue blood in the water.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2025
There is blue blood in our family, bah Jove, and I'll guarantee there isn't one yearling in the place can show better.
From A Cadet's Honor Mark Mallory's Heroism by Sinclair, Upton
