highborn
Example Sentences
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When he comes upon Irontown, led by the highborn Lady Eboshi, and listens to its people brag about burning down the boar god’s forest, one might expect him to be angry.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
A highborn Athenian named Thucydides recognized at once that a transformative conflict was beginning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
You need grains of life for an ethical dilemma, you need an understanding of work and people, whether in 90 minutes of trash or something more highborn.
From New York Times ● Oct. 2, 2020
That a hotheaded, highborn Southerner killed a working man confirmed Northern fears about the intemperate behavior of Southern defenders of slavery, according to Gugliotta.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2018
In his dreams, she was beautiful, and highborn, and her eyes were kind.
From "A Game of Thrones" by George R.R. Martin
