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ennobled

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verb

past tense of ennoble

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Recent Examples of ennobled
Verb
The entire production is ennobled by his gift for listening actively to scene partners rather than waiting for his turn to speak. Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025 At number 38, the extraordinary Hôtel Maurel de Pontèves—built by one Pierre Maurel, a cloth trader who was ennobled and became provincial treasurer, is worth a closer look. Kate Maxwell, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Jan. 2022
Recent Examples of Synonyms for ennobled
Adjective
  • Only four players have registered five-or-more goals and assists in the Premier League across each of the past three seasons, with Guimaraes finding himself in exalted company alongside Mohamed Salah, Bruno Fernandes and Jarrod Bowen.
    Chris Waugh, New York Times, 29 May 2026
  • As one of the world’s great metropolises, Tokyo takes its exalted status very seriously.
    Condé Nast Traveler, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Apr. 2026
Verb
  • The series effectively elevated the character beyond being viewed simply as Superman’s female counterpart, reimagining her as a more emotionally complex and world-weary hero still grappling with the trauma of Krypton’s destruction.
    Antonio Ferme, Variety, 23 June 2026
  • This morning, Oprah attended the annual Cannes LionHeart Seminar in an all-white look that felt effortlessly cool; it was elevated without being fussy.
    Kaelin Dodge, InStyle, 23 June 2026
Adjective
  • The idea that, rather than taking your phone out of your pocket to open the Soundcore app to get all the settings, is a noble one, but it's replaced by taking your carry case out of your pocket, unlocking it, and then getting to all the settings.
    Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026
  • So did his friendly rival, John Adams, who wrote of his dream ‘…to see rising in America an empire of liberty, and a prospect of two or three hundred millions of freemen, without one noble or one king among them.
    Robert Pearlman, ArsTechnica, 1 July 2026
Verb
  • At the San Diego event, the guide also promoted one restaurant, Kato in Los Angeles, to the two-star list and honored nine new restaurants with one-star awards, including Naides in San Francisco, one of the few Filipino cuisine restaurants in the nation with that distinction.
    Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • She was hired as a sous chef and promoted to executive chef just two months later.
    Kaitlyn Harvey, AJC.com, 24 June 2026
Adjective
  • Spielberg spared no expense when casting Richard Attenborough in the iconic role of Jurassic Park's magnanimous founder, John Hammond.
    Huntley Woods, Entertainment Weekly, 11 June 2026
  • Wilson was magnanimous in victory.
    Pamela N. Danziger, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
Adjective
  • On this sublime stretch of coast, of course, a slice of paradise is hard to come by.
    Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 25 June 2026
  • His passing ability is sublime, and his rim protection is exceedingly valuable.
    John Hollinger, New York Times, 24 June 2026

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“Ennobled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/ennobled. Accessed 3 Jul. 2026.

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