Example Sentences
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“If those marquises came back to life and saw this house, they would surely die again,” joked Elayne Clavel, 26, wife of musician Villa.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 18, 2023
He became a close friend of counts, marquises and businesspeople, too.
From New York Times ● Oct. 18, 2014
The list was spattered with landowners, containing 11 dukes, six marquises, 14 earls and nine viscounts.
From BBC ● Apr. 18, 2013
Polo has traditionally been the exclusive sport of maharajahs, marquises and millionaires, and the game's stars still tend to be the rich and the royal.
From Time Magazine Archive
"One of these Italian marquises, I suppose," said Mrs. Topes, who was no snob, except in England.
From Mortal Coils by Huxley, Aldous
