paladin

Example Sentences

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Later, when Regé-Jean Page strides into the action as a humorless, hyper-competent paladin, Goldstein and Daley permit our eyes to glaze over as he drones on about arcana that’s impossible to absorb.

From New York Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Upon finding a woman’s purse with enough gold to so revolve his predicaments, he chooses to return the windfall, instantly turning into a paladin of honesty worthy of public admiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022

You dress up as an elf warlock or half-orc paladin.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2018

The basic outlines of your character—whether you wanted to play a noble paladin, a winsome elfin bard, or something else altogether—are usually a matter of personal choice.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2017

If I had a suspicion of the skill of a Dickens or a Thackeray I should try to give that "touch of the brogue" which flavoured the conversation of this paladin like a subtle condiment.

From Mrs. Fitz by Snaith, J. C.