noble art
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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He rejects the modern spectacle of boxing hype and trash talk, instead he advocates for the noble art of self-defence.
From BBC • Oct. 28, 2025
The first is that statecraft, when practiced as Lincoln practiced it, is a noble art.
From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2022
Not everyone enjoys seeing the noble art of cage fighting cheapened by this kind of behavior.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 9, 2018
Londoner W. Coldwell wrote a three-part diatribe, “On Reading,” lamenting that “the noble art of printing” should be “pressed into this ignoble service.”
From Slate • Aug. 4, 2017
Marvellers practice the noble art of marvelling, channeling the celestial light within to manipulate the universe and display its grandeur.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
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