pure-blood
Example Sentences
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Magizoologist Newt Scamander joins forces with young Albus Dumbledore to prevent the devious Gellert Grindelwald from raising pure-blood wizards to rule over all non-magical beings.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 19, 2019
A small number of Certified Piedmontese cattle, descendants of pure-blood breeding stock, are raised in this country.
From Seattle Times • May 2, 2019
Even as he said it, Harry remembered that his father had been pure-blood, but he pushed the thought out of his mind; he would worry about that later...
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
“It lists the pure-blood families that are now extinct in the male line. Apparently the Peverells were one of the earliest families to vanish.”
From "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" by J.K. Rowling
“Master wants me to spy upon the pure-blood great-nephew of my old mistress?”
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
