nobly

Example Sentences

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Warwickshire's seamers persevered nobly, with Ethan Bamber and Beau Webster most threatening, but the fourth-wicket pair batted with solid technique and total concentration.

From BBC • Apr. 6, 2026

“We will not be deterred from the mission these servicemembers were so nobly fulfilling,” Trump said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

All of the clues to her life as a warrior were eclipsed by her nobly styled hair and a lack of imagination.

From Salon • Nov. 26, 2024

She is, like Lily Bart and other tragic Davies protagonists, a consummate outsider, someone who has willed herself — nobly, and perhaps a little foolishly — into a kind of sustained banishment from conventional society.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 8, 2023

“My grandfather died nobly for a cause in which he deeply believed.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy