aristocratic

Example Sentences

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Severus’ family was wealthy and aristocratic: They could afford to educate him expensively and expected him to pursue a career in public life.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

As an undergraduate at Cambridge, the young Martin befriended the aristocratic Ben Fitzmaurice.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

I didn’t realize it at the time, but there was also insecurity there: An American embarrassed by a rough, unsophisticated America, envious of Europe’s aristocratic polish.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 5, 2026

Born in 1942 to an aristocratic British family in Dorset, England, Douglas-Hamilton studied biology and zoology in Scotland and Oxford before moving to Tanzania to research elephant social behaviour.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

“I’ll leave you in peace if you’ll only let your hair grow. I’m not aristocratic, but I do object to being seen with a person who looks like a young prize fighter,” observed Jo severely.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott