earl

Example Sentences

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Once, it is said, an earl stormed into Holbein’s London workshop demanding that the artist paint his portrait at once.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

"I don't think we should be using the hereditary privilege we have in the Lords to haggle or negotiate for life peerages," the earl said.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

But the longed-for comeuppance of the brutish earl is as much an attraction to the series as Ms. Peckham.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025

The earl is shocked to discover that the family would have neighbors and that he’d have to “go along” the hallway to bed rather than ascend the stairs as he would in a grand home.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025

Every time the earl or Father made a point, I nodded my agreement, even though they disagreed.

From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine