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
They include the alabaster monument to John, seventh earl of Arundel, a high-profile casualty of the Hundred Years’ War with France.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026
They suggested that, rather than Bashir showing bank statements to Earl Spencer, the earl had shown the statements to Bashir.
From BBC • Nov. 20, 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
Blossom was the niece and sole heir to an unmarried earl.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
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