exalted

Example Sentences

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Scotland are there and they have a chance to do what none of their exalted predecessors have done.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

His novel “Caleb Williams” introduces an embattled young hero, born poor and largely self-educated, who perceives justice in exalted terms.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 9, 2026

His second title takes him a step closer to promotion to the exalted highest rank of yokozuna, a feat no European-born wrestler has ever achieved.

From Barron's • Jan. 25, 2026

This level of self-regard in a writer and thinker as justifiably exalted as Smith may explain why our nation is turning on reading: aristocracies breed resentment among the proles.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 28, 2025

Both were clearly of exalted birth; they looked like the sons of kings, but the face of one was deeply marked with lines of pain.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton