noble action
Example Sentences
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Knausgaard pushes back against those who believe fiction should only portray noble action and sentiment: the professional takers of offense, the mismanagers of ambiguity.
From New York Times • Dec. 28, 2020
Their noble action has struck chords in our hearts which will vibrate forever.
From Time Magazine Archive
Judith’s was a nature swayed by impulse, more capable than she herself was aware of noble action, but capable also of sudden, irrational cruelty.
From Judith of the Cumberlands by MacGowan, Alice
In that hour their longing had cried aloud for the happiness, the tremendous happiness, of their union; but, said Doctor Ueberbein, the world could sometimes show a noble action.
From Royal Highness by Mann, Thomas
At the recital of a noble action or a beautiful thought, they would suffuse with tears, and his mouth trembled.
From Life of John Keats by Rossetti, William Michael
