lordly

Example Sentences

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That team became the lordly Yankees, an “aesthetically evil” and “universally despised dynasty” that, nonetheless, Mr. Gittlitz grudgingly admits, has a lot of working-class fans.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

Roan, dressed as a lordly knight, emerges from a castle and conquers it.

From Slate • Feb. 21, 2025

Peter Dinklage’s mental patient is a lordly, theatrical Christ, who speaks fondly of opera and England.

From New York Times • Jan. 9, 2020

When I entered Babylon in a peaceful manner, I took up my lordly abode in the royal palace amidst rejoicing and happiness.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2020

The carpenter’s assistant grinned at this with mutton stuck between his lordly white teeth.

From "The Midwife's Apprentice" by Karen Cushman