highborn
Example Sentences
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When he comes upon Irontown, led by the highborn Lady Eboshi, and listens to its people brag about burning down the boar god’s forest, one might expect him to be angry.
From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026
A highborn Athenian named Thucydides recognized at once that a transformative conflict was beginning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 21, 2025
He signs his poems — and, later, his scabrous articles in the Parisian press — Lucien de Rubempré, using his highborn mother’s maiden name.
From New York Times ● Jun. 9, 2022
That a hotheaded, highborn Southerner killed a working man confirmed Northern fears about the intemperate behavior of Southern defenders of slavery, according to Gugliotta.
From Washington Post ● Jun. 23, 2018
"I . . . you're highborn then, a . . . you'll be a lady . . ." Arya looked down at her ragged clothes and bare feet, all cracked and callused.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
