ennobled; ennobling
i-ˈnō-b(ə-)liŋ 
e-ˈnō-
1
: to make noble : elevate
seemed ennobled by suffering
2
: to raise to the rank of nobility
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Examples of ennoble in a Sentence
a life ennobled by suffering
Her skill and talent ennoble her profession.
He was ennobled by the queen.
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The designer’s Manhattan apartment, completed just months before her woefully premature death, perfectly captures her incisive eye and her steadfast belief in the ennobling power of great design.
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Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 8 Feb. 2025
The murder of six million Jews—and the question of whether the British authorities could have done more to save them—complicates an otherwise ennobling story of the country’s heroic stand against Nazism, its finest hour.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
These days, college football can look more like the vast military industrial complex than any ennobling pursuit.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
And, second, that ownership of great literature in its most talismanic form will ennoble you.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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Elizabeth Fazzare, Architectural Digest, 8 Feb. 2025
The murder of six million Jews—and the question of whether the British authorities could have done more to save them—complicates an otherwise ennobling story of the country’s heroic stand against Nazism, its finest hour.
—Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 2 Jan. 2025
These days, college football can look more like the vast military industrial complex than any ennobling pursuit.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 27 Oct. 2024
And, second, that ownership of great literature in its most talismanic form will ennoble you.
—Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2024
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“Ennoble.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ennoble. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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