nobility
Example Sentences
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“I believe deeply in the nobility of your work, in what you do every day to keep this city safe, in your commitment, and in your sacrifice,” she wrote.
“He believed in the nobility of public service, he believed in fighting corruption,” she said.
From Seattle Times
As Pip grows up and seeks his fortune in London, he receives many lessons about the nature of the upper classes and the ways their snobbery is frequently at odds with the definition of nobility.
From Salon
Velázquez could take liberties with his portraits of little people and jesters because they were neither members of the royal family nor nobility.
From Washington Post
Offended: Assuming you have the furniture and floor plan for it: Dine like nobility at either end of a long rectangular table, and let it go.
From Washington Post
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