ennoble
verb (used with object)
to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt.
have ennobled
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present perfectof ennoble.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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In many ways, Edwards had the kind of inspiring backstory that might have ennobled her image as a whistleblower.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2021
As an English major, I would never have ennobled that foundling hero, and the misattribution made me suspicious of what I read in The Times for a good while.
From New York Times ● Oct. 13, 2020
It was a performance which would have ennobled even the most insignificant composition--here it became a double triumph.
From Riven Bonds. Vol. I. A Novel, in Two Volumes by E. Werner
The skull of the vile Penguin you have overthrown will, buried in your field, attest for ever the sacred rights of your posterity over this soil that you have ennobled.
From Penguin Island by Anatole France
Phryne of Athens, Helen of Troy, Catherine of Russia, Mary of Scotland—these are women who have ennobled themselves without aid of eulogy.
From Sally Bishop A Romance by E. Temple (Ernest Temple) Thurston
