highborn

Example Sentences

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A highborn Athenian named Thucydides recognized at once that a transformative conflict was beginning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Targaryens often place dragon eggs in cribs with their highborn babies with the hope that their hatchlings will naturally bond with them, which doesn’t always happen.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024

Ships, especially warships, were microcosms of society at large, filled with young boys and teenagers and old men, the uneducated and the highborn, all speaking a particular language.

From Washington Post • Apr. 18, 2023

It is while fishing around in her subconscious that Dr. Bruckner discovers her previous incarnation as Melinda, the highborn daughter of an antislavery crusader in Georgian England.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2018

Heralds cried his name and deeds for all to hear, and the noble knights and highborn ladies cheered as lustily as cutthroats at a cockfight.

From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin