nobler
Example Sentences
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That coaster originally came with a nobler purpose, which is why I keep it handy and in plain sight as a prod to my own civic conscience.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026
The earliest on the program, “Jefferson and Liberty” from 1800, included the verse: “Here strangers from thousand shores/Compell’d by tyranny to roam;/Shall find, amidst abundant stores,/A nobler and a happier home.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2024
Rhaenyra looks like the nobler of the two by striving to honor her father’s diplomatic legacy.
From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024
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
“Griff is different. He has a son he dotes on. Young Griff, the boy is called. There never was a nobler lad.”
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
