Example Sentences

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“We have people that are aristocratically living in another world,” Worsley said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025

Bunny Mellon was tall with a long face, a light and almost coquettish voice, aristocratically narrow feet and small hands.

From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2014

But, known for her luminous beauty and an aristocratically composed manner, Pike obviously had to work hard to locate that inner darkness.

From The Guardian • Oct. 4, 2014

The lead character, played by Bacall, emerges from an ambiguous past, but rises aristocratically above it.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 15, 2014

The manolas of Madrid, the cigaretas of Seville in their satin slippers are not better shod; mine—pardon the anticipation of this possessive pronoun—put forward from under the seat an irreproachable boot and aristocratically turned ankle.

From The Cross of Berny by Fendall, Florence