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
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
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
The dawg," explained my companion, "is blue blood Borston.
From In the Oregon Country Out-Doors in Oregon, Washington, and California Together with some Legendary Lore, and Glimpses of the Modern West in the Making by Putnam, George Palmer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
