How to Use noble in a Sentence
- He was a man of noble character.
- It was noble of her to come forward with this information.
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That's not to say that progress is not a noble goal.
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Senior Reporter,
PC Magazine,
23 Sep. 2025
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Barter is cast as the noble truth-seeker, which is fair enough.
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Chris Vognar,
Rolling Stone,
15 Feb. 2024
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His square jaw is noble, his lips pursed, his neck well-muscled.
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Willard Spiegelman,
WSJ,
13 Jan. 2023
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This was a selfless, noble act by Phil.
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Ron Mix,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Apr. 2026
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So her return is noble, but also, that was her girl.
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Gerrad Hall,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 Dec. 2025
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There’s something noble in that.
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Elise Devlin,
New York Times,
10 Oct. 2025
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And all these noble lords can’t even remember his name.
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Erik Kain,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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As far as principles go, this may even, on its face, be a noble one.
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Chandler Fritz,
Harpers Magazine,
20 Aug. 2025
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Thousands of yellow rubber ducks will soon set sail for a noble cause.
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Haadiza Ogwude,
The Enquirer,
29 Aug. 2023
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That love, of course, is a pure and noble one in this iteration.
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Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
16 Feb. 2026
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If Erdoğan had blinked, then Musk would have looked noble for once.
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Alex Shephard,
The New Republic,
15 May 2023
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Putting art first and commerce second is a noble but risky approach.
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Rob Salkowitz,
Forbes.com,
25 Aug. 2025
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And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.
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Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
4 Nov. 2025
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And we are blessed beyond measure to have loved and been loved by this noble giant of a man.
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Madison E. Goldberg,
PEOPLE,
8 Nov. 2025
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Guiteau, though, is a lot less noble than Garfield, and a lot less humble.
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David Bianculli,
NPR,
10 Nov. 2025
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That’s the noble and righteous and the principled path sports should walk.
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Dave Hyde,
Sun Sentinel,
27 Apr. 2026
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Either be noble like her brother against Namor or do what needs to be done and kill him.
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Chris Smith,
BGR,
3 Nov. 2022
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This is not treachery but the truest and noblest affection.
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Ann Manov,
Harpers Magazine,
23 June 2026
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Sage stands noble, head high, her muscles rippling beneath her long legs.
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Jamie L. Lareau,
Detroit Free Press,
11 Apr. 2023
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That section’s noble hymn theme was less strings-heavy than usual, flowing with ease.
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Zachary Woolfe,
New York Times,
23 Nov. 2023
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Is this the noble cause that our grandfathers would have shed their blood for 85 years ago?
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Voice Of The People,
New York Daily News,
4 Mar. 2026
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Commit yourself to the noble struggle for equal rights.
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/ Cbs Baltimore,
CBS News,
23 Feb. 2026
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Not because of any kind of noble commitment to knowledge or love of books.
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Lisa Bubert,
Longreads,
27 Feb. 2024
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As for that noble Iranian game, chess.
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Eliot A. Cohen,
The Atlantic,
23 Mar. 2026
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Because soon enough the picture is going to get much more shaded, much less noble.
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The Arizona Republic,
10 May 2023
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Ramza is a kind-hearted young man who’s grown up sheltered due to his noble family.
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Hayes Madsen,
Rolling Stone,
24 Sep. 2025
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It is seen as both right and noble to follow your dreams to the detriment of all your other desires.
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Tom Rasmussen,
Vogue,
26 Aug. 2022
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Yet society and the church are falling short of this noble ideal.
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Timothy Dolan,
WSJ,
12 Mar. 2023
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As the nobles once dined in splendor, their tombs lay in splendor.
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Brian T. Allen,
National Review,
20 July 2019
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The men — nobles, cavalry and foot soldiers — are dressed in knee-length tunics.
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Washington Post,
18 Jan. 2018
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Science as European nobles or men of leisure did it hundreds of years ago?
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Literary Hub,
19 Nov. 2025
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One of these high-ranking British nobles was the Earl of Euston.
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Stephanie Nolasco , Ashley Papa,
FOXNews.com,
1 June 2026
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In past coronations, there was a segment when dukes and other nobles would to swear fealty to the new monarch.
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Karla Adam,
Washington Post,
5 May 2023
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The one thing about this show, the nobles, the kings and queens are all terribly interesting.
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Jordan Moreau,
Variety,
23 Feb. 2026
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The Rats live fast and without fear, stealing from tax collectors and nobles.
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Jp Mangalindan,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Portraits of Mughal rulers, or of nobles cavorting, can be lovely.
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New York Times,
10 Aug. 2019
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Mexican nobles couldn’t keep household help.
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Jennifer Wilson,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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That includes items such as armbands, necklaces, earrings, and nose plugs worn by Aztec rulers, priests, and nobles.
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Kiona N. Smith,
Ars Technica,
14 June 2018
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Some are nobles who have unfortunately landed in the area and can’t escape.
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Gieson Cacho,
The Mercury News,
13 Feb. 2017
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In medieval times, troublesome nobles were sent to distant towers.
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Rob Shuter,
HollywoodReporter,
14 Nov. 2025
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One historic pad in London, England, is ready to welcome nobles of the present day.
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Demetrius Simms,
Robb Report,
30 Mar. 2026
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Instead, there seems to have been a pool of potential sacrifices that nobles could draw upon on request.
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Annalee Newitz,
Ars Technica,
18 June 2017
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Researchers speculate the silver seal may have been owned by a noble who was unaware it was set with a Roman gem.
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David Kindy,
Smithsonian Magazine,
22 May 2021
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Medieval sumptuary laws dictated who could wear what—velvet for nobles, pearls for the pious, gold for the crown.
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Lilah Ramzi,
Vogue,
4 Dec. 2025
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The quest for grand portraits is not a new concept, of course; medieval nobles commissioned the best artists to depict their power and wealth.
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BostonGlobe.com,
5 Nov. 2019
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When a noble line holds land for generations those nobles sometimes form a bond with the realm that holds magical power.
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Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Letters from nobles and tavern menus are presented as handouts and players keep track of their treasure with little punch out gold coins.
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Rob Wieland,
Forbes.com,
10 Sep. 2025
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Teenage girls, chosen by local nobles, were sent away to live in seclusion at the aqllawasai to weave cloth, brew chicha, and prepare food for ritual feasts.
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ArsTechnica,
14 Aug. 2025
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The story goes that the nobles lured Rasputin to the Youssupov Palace and fed him food and wine laced with cyanide, which had no impact on him.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
17 Apr. 2023
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Wars are expensive, and John sought to pay for them by taxing England’s nobles, who did not take kindly to his attentions.
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Adam Chodorow,
Slate Magazine,
17 Apr. 2017
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What Roman nobles deem bad and good, Christians deem good and evil; pride becomes sinful and meekness beautiful.
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Ryan Shinkel,
WSJ,
21 July 2017
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Guides spoke of the monthlong siege that ended only because of the treachery of a local noble who turned on the sultan and allowed British troops to scale the walls.
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Ishaan Tharoor,
New Yorker,
2 July 2026
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Even without relying on the typical nobles, kings and Catholic Church as patrons, Dutch artists still did just fine.
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Rick Steves' Europe,
The Seattle Times,
14 Nov. 2018
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Against them fight a declining race of nobles, led by Prince Sunmyra, and one of the peasant warriors, Belovar.
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Thomas Meaney,
Harper’s Magazine ,
16 Feb. 2023
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Casting black actors as Anglo-Saxon nobles is only the most in-your-face example of this problem.
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Will Collins,
The Washington Examiner,
19 Sep. 2025
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In the crypt, the child's coffin rests near dozens of other wooden burial boxes, some of which held the bodies of Aragonese princes and Neapolitan nobles.
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Anchorage Daily News,
7 Jan. 2018
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In the crypt, the child’s coffin rests near dozens of other wooden burial boxes, some of which held the bodies of Aragonese princes and Neapolitan nobles.
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Nicholas St. Fleur,
New York Times,
5 Jan. 2018
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This power, plus growing resentment toward Rasputin, inspired a group of Russian nobles to plot his murder.
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Clare Mulroy,
USA TODAY,
17 Apr. 2023
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