patrician

Example Sentences

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The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

From The Wall Street Journal

Both ski, for crying out loud, a pastime with patrician associations, like equestrian sports or loudly firing the help.

From Salon

She was raised in Greenwich — which the rest of the state regards as somewhat patrician — and moved to Stamford as an adult, which Mr. Valentine’s campaign has sought to exploit.

From New York Times

Or is she content enough to be the world’s most famous influencer, dedicating her patrician beauty and sardonic-mean-girl charms in the service of clickbait capitalism?

From Washington Post

Oscar Isaac gets the most screentime of the relatively minor characters and puts it to good use as the noble, patrician Duke Leto.

From The Verge