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
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
Francesca Muscolino, the 16-year-old daughter of Neapolitan immigrants, is no highborn Chekhovian sophisticate.
From New York Times • Jun. 27, 2017
“And when he returned, I suppose he married the most beautiful highborn lady in the land and had a dozen children,” Shae said drily.
From "Huntress" by Malinda Lo
