of the highest type
Example Sentences
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“The big fellow from Coffeyville, Kan.,” wrote New York Times sports columnist Arthur Daley, “was a gentleman of the highest type, a distinct credit to his sport.”
From Washington Post ● Jun. 17, 2022
In the latter section, Mr. Kent announces that he will tell " why even men of the highest type cannot afford to be entirely natural and open while running for office."
From Time Magazine Archive
Its members should be scientists, engineers and economists of the highest type.
From Time Magazine Archive
The latter, a conservative gentleman of the highest type, was in his decoration a trifle too simple, austere, for many people's taste; his design too was severely academical.
From Time Magazine Archive
Do you see this cloak, this plume, and this doublet?" said the duke; "they belong to Monsieur de la Mole, one of my gentlemen, a fop of the highest type.
From Marguerite de Valois by Dumas père, Alexandre
