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
Judith’s was a nature swayed by impulse, more capable than she herself was aware of noble action, but capable also of sudden, irrational cruelty.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice
But the inflated spirit of the times is not capable of noble action.
From The Progressionists, and Angela. by Bolanden, Conrad von
That is a fine, noble action, is it not?
From The Mysteries of Paris, Volume 2 of 6 by Sue, Eugène
