ignoble

Example Sentences

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Also, he considers it ignoble to ride an elevator down after the climb, as Honnold has said he’ll do.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 23, 2026

“It has these very ignoble beginnings,” said Mark P. Nevitt, a law professor at Emory University and one of the country’s foremost experts on the statute.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 28, 2025

Ernst's implication that people should welcome suffering and death has a long and ignoble history.

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2025

Poverty, crime and an ignoble moniker — “Scary Gary” — deter private investors and prospective homeowners.

From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2024

He says, “Matt, I get how you feel because you’re a basically ignoble kind of kid.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor