patrician

Example Sentences

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For many Americans, the nationally televised hearing was the first close look at the patrician, grey-haired former FBI director.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

The Athenian patrician Thucydides began writing the history of his city’s conflict with Sparta even as the war was beginning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

A man who favored ascots, skeet shooting and jumping horses, Biden Sr. at times lived a more patrician lifestyle than his son’s folksy, working-man tales might suggest.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2024

That’s how Hollywood has seen him: patrician, elegant.

From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2024

He is handsome, with patrician features and swept-back, slightly greasy, light brown hair.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri