refined man
Example Sentences
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To have the extraordinary life of such an accomplished and refined man so brutally snuffed out is a devastating loss.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am a refined man and a poet by nature, and I suffered tortures from the coarse horror of my surroundings.
From Allan Quatermain by Haggard, Henry Rider
He was not a refined man, and his jests were on his own level.
From Aletta A Tale of the Boer Invasion by Mitford, Bertram
On the contrary, Gorham was the refined man of affairs, confident in himself and in the certainty of his strength.
From The Lever A Novel by Orcutt, William Dana
When I concluded, he hummed one of those sliding notes, which a less refined man might have expressed by a whistle of surprise and contempt, and again he essayed to speak, but continued silent.
From Uncle Silas A Tale of Bartram-Haugh by Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan
