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
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
The earl is calling for a new independent body to be set up to control and protect all of the interests in Lough Neagh.
From BBC • Oct. 3, 2023
“Where did you think they grew?” shouted the earl irritably.
From "The Phantom Tollbooth" by Norton Juster
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
