well-born
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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There were too many well-born women in Ebel’s flock, the unhappy wives of landowners and aristocrats.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026
His well-born characters spoke as if they had been transplanted against their will from a Henry James novel to the later 20th century.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 8, 2025
Boojie tech-baby of upward-reaching parents, illegally modified to fool the world into considering her as good as the well-born.
From Nature • May 26, 2020
She finds the link between them in the way money corrupts Timon’s understanding of human relations, turning generosity into a kind of usury, extorting the interest of the idle well-born.
From New York Times • Jan. 19, 2020
She explained to the frantic boy that this charm would cut the pains and assure him of a fine, well-born baby.
From "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" by Betty Smith
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