lordly

Example Sentences

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That team became the lordly Yankees, an “aesthetically evil” and “universally despised dynasty” that, nonetheless, Mr. Gittlitz grudgingly admits, has a lot of working-class fans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Roan, dressed as a lordly knight, emerges from a castle and conquers it.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

The lordly NFL could be brought to heel, either with a 10-figure payment or a trial in which Kroenke and Goodell could squirm uncomfortably on the witness stand.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 23, 2021

Peter Dinklage’s mental patient is a lordly, theatrical Christ, who speaks fondly of opera and England.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2020

It had been Robin’s plan to issue orders as his father might have done; to have been lordly and commanding.

From "The Door in the Wall" by Marguerite de Angeli