noble action
Example Sentences
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Knausgaard pushes back against those who believe fiction should only portray noble action and sentiment: the professional takers of offense, the mismanagers of ambiguity.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2020
Their noble action has struck chords in our hearts which will vibrate forever.
From Time Magazine Archive
At the recital of a noble action or a beautiful thought, they would suffuse with tears and his mouth tremble.’
From Life of John Keats His Life and Poetry, his Friends, Critics and After-fame by Colvin, Sidney
Think that day lost whose descending sun Views from thy hand no noble action done.
From On the Portraits of English Authors on Gardening, with Biographical Notices of Them, 2nd edition, with considerable additions by Felton, Samuel
As a memorial of this noble action, her statue was erected in the temple of Aphrodite at Argos.
From Greek Women by Carroll, Mitchell
