ignoble

How To Use ignoble In A Sentence

• Not the great sorrows of life, or its great sacrifices, but fretfulness, ignoble worries, sordid cares, are that which draw lines upon a woman's face and harshen her features. The History of Sir Richard Calmady A Romance
• She walked through the ignoble arch that separated kitchen from living room and took some bread from the pantry.
• Paaker's was, in fact, an ignoble, that is to say, a selfish nature; to shorten his road he trod down flowers as readily as he marched over the sand of the desert. Uarda : a Romance of Ancient Egypt — Volume 07
• Even the name of the award, a play on the word "ignoble," is meant to be deprecating. Announcing the Year’s Winners of the IgNobel Prize | Impact Lab
• And yes, incidentally, I do know that it's ignoble and cowardly and pusillanimous, but I'll swap you for a decent night's sleep.
• If I use my discrimination, father, I call ignoble what my father calls natural. The Bride of Dreams
• Yerby's characterization of Fancy is, therefore, ironic, emphasizing the ignoble origins of most Southerners.
• The eorl and ceorl were the great distinctive appellations of noble and ignoble descent: none were or are admitted, it will be seen, to any important office in the coronation ceremonies but the former class. Coronation Anecdotes
• Not only did the agreement go from ‘ignoble’ to ‘long-overdue,’ but the Frist commendation went from muted to slavish.
• The life of the powerful wonderworker would have ended in ignoble solitude and inglorious obscurity.