ennoble

Example Sentences

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Fort Bragg in North Carolina would be christened Fort Liberty as a reminder of the values that ennoble military service.

From Washington Post • Jul. 6, 2022

It’s a conviction that allows us to ennoble ourselves with pathos, with rueful maturity, with wisdom won too late.

From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2021

The number of people who, out of civic generosity, think that they can enlarge or ennoble their selves by giving their energies to a good larger than themselves?

From Salon • May 27, 2019

The Greek terms ennoble the ailments, even if they don’t make them go away.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 7, 2019

Independently of all legal enactments, the simple change of the ideal type by bringing specially feminine virtues into the forefront was sufficient to elevate and ennoble the sex.

From History of European Morals From Augustus to Charlemagne (Vol. 2 of 2) by Lecky, William Edward Hartpole