ignobleness
- a word derived from ignoble.
Example Sentences
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The figure of Joachim is singularly beautiful in its pensiveness and slow motion; and the ignobleness of the herdsmen's figures is curiously marked in opposition to the dignity of their master.
From Giotto and his works in Padua An Explanatory Notice of the Series of Woodcuts Executed for the Arundel Society After the Frescoes in the Arena Chapel by Ruskin, John
The barrenness and ignobleness of the more usual laborer's life consist in the fact that it is moved by no such ideal inner springs.
From Talks To Teachers On Psychology; And To Students On Some Of Life's Ideals by James, William
There was an ignobleness in it—a self-absorption which was almost dishonour.
From His Grace of Osmonde Being the Portions of That Nobleman's Life Omitted in the Relation of His Lady's Story Presented to the World of Fashion under the Title of A Lady of Quality by Burnett, Frances Hodgson
No unkindness, suspicion, or ignobleness of any sort, ever interrupted or mixed in the affection of these high friends.
From The Friendships of Women by Alger, William Rounseville
For a brief instant she sensed dimly the ignobleness of her jealousy of his daughter.
From Marjorie Dean High School Sophomore by Lester, Pauline
