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
In the brave new world of college football, blue blood means nothing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
The Rose Bowl will match an ultimate upstart program in Indiana against a blue blood in Alabama.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 27, 2025
He also came from Belgium by way of UC Santa Barbara—a far cry from a college hoops blue blood.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 26, 2025
I 'd rather die than part with Ben Azir; one of the Sultan's own breeding; an Arab of blue blood, Nelly, think of that!
From The Bramleighs of Bishop's Folly by Lever, Charles James
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
