low-born
Example Sentences
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The four band members were low-born Northerners from a dingy port town with no formal education; their success was against the natural order of things, an act of effrontery.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 7, 2023
Among other things, Rand’s existence shows that you should always believe the ancient prophesy that even the low-born can save the world – and that characters in TV fantasy series must always have two names.
From The Guardian • Apr. 1, 2019
In November, Michael Boyd will direct “Tamburlaine,” Marlowe’s story of a low-born conqueror, with John Douglas Thompson in the title role.
From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2014
Cromwell, as a low-born person with no title and no fortune holding a position — secretary to the King — that comes with no formal salary, must manage everything by means of manipulation.
From Time • May 16, 2012
It may be deemed strange and incomprehensible why I, poor, friendless, and low-born, should have been indifferent, even to the refusal of all wages.
From Confessions Of Con Cregan An Irish Gil Blas by Lever, Charles James
