ennoble
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It’s a conviction that allows us to ennoble ourselves with pathos, with rueful maturity, with wisdom won too late.
From New York Times • Sep. 6, 2021
The number of people who, out of civic generosity, think that they can enlarge or ennoble their selves by giving their energies to a good larger than themselves?
From Salon • May 27, 2019
“I think I know who Virginians are — I think they want somebody who will ennoble and uplift and motivate rather than divide.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 5, 2018
New duties on handbags, Minkoff wrote, “will only ennoble the bad actors in the Chinese economy who pose a genuine threat to our business via bad faith registrations of our recognized trademarks.”
From Washington Post • Sep. 19, 2018
Suffering does not necessarily ennoble men; but to suffer bravely is always noble.
From Masterman and Son by Dawson, W. J. (William James)
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