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Example Sentences
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Patriotism was ennobling, self-sacrifice was reflexive; heroism was rewarded, and everybody was proudly in this fight together.
Her stoicism is all the more ennobling, given how much it costs her.
From Los Angeles Times
He stood down as an MP in 1992 and was ennobled as a cross-bench peer in the same year, despite his party's opposition to the Lords at the time.
From BBC
Shostakovich’s detractors have accused him of ennobling Stalin while defenders have sought out subtle musical cues of dissent.
From Los Angeles Times
When her husband was ennobled some years earlier, she was entitled to be called Lady Kinnock - but it was a title she never used.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
