noble

In the tall, slight and blonde athlete, they had found a noble hero to fight against the tides of modernity in service of some older ideal.

From Salon ● Aug. 9, 2026

The influence is permanently recorded in both the depth at which particles entered the regolith and the isotopic signatures of noble gases trapped there.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 21, 2026

She continued: “He was a true and noble gentleman, wrapped up in my dream leading man. I will love you forever, Dr. Alan Grant.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 15, 2026

To stand for public office and to lead a public life is a noble calling and don't underestimate the courage it takes to hold, in public, views that divide.

From BBC ● Jul. 10, 2026

The noise of battle will be furious; the Einherjar, Odin’s noble warriors, are locked in pitched battle with the evil dead, Loki’s troops.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

His people are ancient and few, a clan whose kinship with nature left them vulnerable to warring nobles who all but wiped them out.

From Salon ● Jul. 22, 2026

"We need a long process of changing the mindset" of the nobles, he said during the enormous funeral of one of them close to the capital, to which 4,000 guests, including atas, were invited.

From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026

In the Middle Ages, William the Conqueror took control of England's land and granted parts of it to loyal nobles, who leased it to others for a fixed term.

From BBC ● Jul. 7, 2026

Ironically, the nobles and clergy who had defied the king by upholding their privileges yielded these same privileges to the National Assembly.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2025

Then one sees some of them who either had the people against them, or if the people were friendly towards them, they did not know how to protect themselves from the nobles.

From "The Prince" by Niccolò Machiavelli

Still, she imposed what Norman Podhoretz called an “inordinate demand”: that Jews under Hitler be braver and nobler than ordinary people could be expected to be when murderers held all the power.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Rhaenyra looks like the nobler of the two by striving to honor her father’s diplomatic legacy.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2024

Known for inventing the fast break, McLendon made a far nobler contribution to sports by accelerating the acceptance of minorities.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 2023

Shakespeare in the Park canceled its Thursday and Friday performances of “Hamlet,” saying ’tis not nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of wretched air.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

But, in its maturity, it was nobler than before.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White

The book’s hero is an upbeat, morally upright counselor named Ben Frost, who activated the boys’ noblest impulses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026

Gold is famously known as the noblest of all metals because it has little or no reaction when encountering other substances; a property that makes it perfect for wedding rings and coins.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 27, 2024

The Chinese philosopher Confucius reputedly said, “By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.”

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2023

We must face up to the ugliest aspects of our history and also to its noblest and most inspiring words and deeds.

From Salon ● Jun. 1, 2023

Witness this, god of the zenith, noblest of the gods, and Lord Odysseus’ hearthfire, now before me: I swear these things shall turn out as I say.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer