paladin

Example Sentences

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Upon finding a woman’s purse with enough gold to so revolve his predicaments, he chooses to return the windfall, instantly turning into a paladin of honesty worthy of public admiration.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 14, 2022

In a nation trying to come to grips with racial inequality in the 1960s, Mr. Vivian was a paladin of nonviolence on the front lines of bloody confrontations.

From New York Times • Jul. 17, 2020

You dress up as an elf warlock or half-orc paladin.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 26, 2018

The basic outlines of your character—whether you wanted to play a noble paladin, a winsome elfin bard, or something else altogether—are usually a matter of personal choice.

From Slate • Oct. 18, 2017

It was all very foolish, but I had pictured him as a paladin in armor, who would have diversions, too, but who would lay them aside to go forth and redress wrong.

From The Lucky Piece A Tale of the North Woods by Paine, Albert Bigelow