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
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
No blue blood wants to fake excitement about schlepping to the Pop-Tart Bowl, no offense to those sentient Pop-Tarts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
Part of the fun in discussions of who qualifies as a blue blood is that there’s rarely consensus.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 19, 2024
But love, which laughs at iron bars, makes also mock at the effrontery of blue blood.
From Love's Usuries by Creswicke, Louis
