ennoble
verb (used with object)
to elevate in degree, excellence, or respect; dignify; exalt.
is ennobling
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present progressiveof ennoble (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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In conversations with associates, Hughes has said that he believes giving secretly is ennobling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2019
It is hard to tell whether Simon is ennobling his fit of pique by comparing it to the anger of the dispossessed or mocking his own overreaction.
From The New Yorker ● May 9, 2016
The Knowledge stands for, well, knowledge — for the Enlightenment ideal of encyclopedic learning, for the humanist notion that diligent intellectual endeavor is ennobling, an end in itself.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2014
And when art is pursued with a lofty end, seeking, like virtue, its own reward, there is much that is ennobling in it.
From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord
To say that the play is pure is not enough—it is ennobling.
From The Bay State Monthly, Volume 3, No. 1 by Various
