earl
Example Sentences
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Once, it is said, an earl stormed into Holbein’s London workshop demanding that the artist paint his portrait at once.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
But the longed-for comeuppance of the brutish earl is as much an attraction to the series as Ms. Peckham.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 31, 2025
The earl is shocked to discover that the family would have neighbors and that he’d have to “go along” the hallway to bed rather than ascend the stairs as he would in a grand home.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 5, 2025
The earl is loathe now to talk specifically about the pressures on his two nephews and the rift between them.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2024
Every time the earl or Father made a point, I nodded my agreement, even though they disagreed.
From "Ella Enchanted" by Gail Carson Levine
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
