Example sentences for: noblest

How can you use “noblest” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • When Boswell boasted about his country's landscape, saying it had many noble prospects, Johnson replied: "The noblest prospect which a Scotchman ever sees, is the high road that leads him to England!"

  • Recognizing that the King James translation is “The noblest monument to English prose” [Oxford Annotated Bible, 1962], many translators, in prefaces to their “new,” “modern” versions have written apologetics explaining why they felt they had to retranslate and how they proposed doing it.

  • English has acquired the largest vocabulary and inspired one of the noblest bodies of literature in the annals of the human race.

  • But Kyoto has nevertheless remained the repository of the nation’s noblest cultural pursuits and architectural legacy.

  • Although he does not specify, it seems likely Green means the 1611 Authorized (or King James) Version, for he goes on: As a mere literary monument, the English version of the Bible remains the noblest example of the English tongue, while its perpetual use made it from the instant of its appearance the standard of our language.


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