noble
Example Sentences
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“We don’t believe that it’s less noble, but that’s what the prevailing culture believes,” he said.
Just-war distinctions on how war is to be fought separate the noble profession of soldier from the terrorist.
They are the unction by which mere deeds become noble.
It would be a valuable prize for the country and for him, an honor far nobler than the Nobel.
“It associates the noble goals of the movement with an immoral war,” he said.
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