noble action
Example Sentences
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Knausgaard pushes back against those who believe fiction should only portray noble action and sentiment: the professional takers of offense, the mismanagers of ambiguity.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2020
Their noble action has struck chords in our hearts which will vibrate forever.
From Time Magazine Archive
The young man did not like this tone of anticipated certainty with regard to what he was pluming himself on as a noble action.
From Sentimental Education, Volume II The History of a Young Man by Flaubert, Gustave
“Well, I am interested in the bazaar,” said Lady Helen, ignoring the subject of Mrs. Ogilvie’s noble action.
From Daddy's Girl by Meade, L. T.
Molière, however, remarked that such a noble action ought not to be buried in the obscurity of night, but was worthy of being performed in the face of day.
From Books and Authors Curious Facts and Characteristic Sketches by Anonymous
