noble

Example Sentences

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“Oh, very noble,” he said sarcastically, his clapping too slow and exaggerated to be sincere.

From Literature

“If anything he had some kind of remorse and was on his penance campaign. Part of resolving himself was helping with noble endeavors,” Tramo said.

From Los Angeles Times

Continuing indefinitely out of guilt is neither noble nor practical; instead, it puts everyone else’s needs above your own.

From MarketWatch

"Our ancestors built the cities. They produced the art and architecture. They built the industry. We stand for what is good, what is virtuous and what is noble."

From BBC

In his simplest form, as in Reeves’s series “Adventures of Superman,” which began airing in 1952, he was a noble crime solver.

From The Wall Street Journal