noble

The world of “Lanterns” prefers to be bracingly honest about our false assumptions about heroism and whether the people we deem to be noble really are.

From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2026

The influence is permanently recorded in both the depth at which particles entered the regolith and the isotopic signatures of noble gases trapped there.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

To stand for public office and to lead a public life is a noble calling and don't underestimate the courage it takes to hold, in public, views that divide.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The intentions are noble and the themes are handled with admirable complexity, but the writing is sluggish.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 19, 2026

If you fall bravely in war the Valkyries, beautiful battle-maidens who collect the souls of the noble dead, will take you and bring you to the hall known as Valhalla.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

His people are ancient and few, a clan whose kinship with nature left them vulnerable to warring nobles who all but wiped them out.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

Some nobles have tried to improve the atas' lot.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

English lands were handed over the Norman nobles.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

That’s because it includes a spectrum of voices from across our culture – nobles and villagers, Black and Indigenous figures, women, British loyalists, philosophers and soldiers among them.

From Salon ● Dec. 17, 2025

True, the crowds were not as wealthy as those at the Horse and Four, but they appreciated me in a way the nobles never had.

From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss

The nobler the cause, the nastier the graft.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 5, 2025

Whether teetotaling, temperance or virgin, they’re just drinks, after all — though I suppose their intricacy beyond fresh-squeezed juice demands we label them something nobler.

From Salon ● Feb. 15, 2024

Known for inventing the fast break, McLendon made a far nobler contribution to sports by accelerating the acceptance of minorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

Shakespeare in the Park canceled its Thursday and Friday performances of “Hamlet,” saying ’tis not nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of wretched air.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

But, in its maturity, it was nobler than before.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The book’s hero is an upbeat, morally upright counselor named Ben Frost, who activated the boys’ noblest impulses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Gold is famously known as the noblest of all metals because it has little or no reaction when encountering other substances; a property that makes it perfect for wedding rings and coins.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

The Chinese philosopher Confucius reputedly said, “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

We must face up to the ugliest aspects of our history and also to its noblest and most inspiring words and deeds.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2023

But before any decisive combat had taken place, a youth in Thebes not yet grown to manhood had died for his country and in his death had shown himself the noblest of all.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton