highborn

Example Sentences

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A highborn Athenian named Thucydides recognized at once that a transformative conflict was beginning.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

Targaryens often place dragon eggs in cribs with their highborn babies with the hope that their hatchlings will naturally bond with them, which doesn’t always happen.

From Salon • Jul. 23, 2024

Historically, British queens have tapped highborn “ladies-in-waiting” to provide company to the monarch and serve as personal assistants and loyal friends.

From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2022

It is while fishing around in her subconscious that Dr. Bruckner discovers her previous incarnation as Melinda, the highborn daughter of an antislavery crusader in Georgian England.

From New York Times • Jun. 29, 2018

“In Westeros, highborn ladies dream of such a necklace.”

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin