How to Use aristocrat in a Sentence

aristocrat

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  • Once, money had been held in the hands and lands of a few wealthy aristocrats.
    — The Economist, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The inmates take over the town, becoming aristocrats, a prince of the church, a fancy madam.
    — Charles Champlin, latimes.com, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Manfred von Richthofen, the ace pilot known as the Red Baron, was an aristocrat who flew solo, a knight of the air.
    — Adam Kirsch, WSJ, 1 Oct. 2021
  • Before, the artist was serving the popes and aristocrats and Medici.
    — David Marchese David Marchese Illustration By Bráulio Amado, New York Times, 26 Oct. 2023
  • Nor did the British Foreign Office appear to rein in the rogue aristocrat.
    — Andrew Lawler, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Oct. 2021
  • Lafayette, a French aristocrat, was aiding Americans in the fight against the British.
    — Zoe Sottile, CNN, 3 July 2022
  • The aristocrat Blanche de la Force had hoped the convent would serve as a sanctuary.
    — San Francisco Chronicle, 30 Sep. 2022
  • These tensions come to a head when Isa visits the Hamptons at the behest of a British aristocrat.
    — Sangeeta Singh-Kurtz, Vulture, 31 Aug. 2021
  • But Britain, where aristocrats own huge tracts of land, opposed the idea, Mr. Fischler said.
    — New York Times, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The fact of the matter is that European aristocrats ate off of pewter plates, which had a high lead content.
    — Farideh Sadeghin, Saveur, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The public, then, is to be watched, in this country, as, in other countries kings and aristocrats are to be watched.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
  • In the book, aristocrats, politicians, artists, writers and movie stars show up for cameos on the Riviera and then depart.
    — Reagan Upshaw, Washington Post, 5 Feb. 2020
  • The house is the principal seat for the Duke of Beaufort, a British aristocrat, but is often used for filming.
    — Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 31 July 2021
  • On the frozen rivers and canals of St. Petersburg, a petty thief on skates warms the heart of an aristocrat’s daughter as forces try to keep them apart.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 13 June 2021
  • Anya enlists the aid of a dashing conman and a lovable ex-aristocrat.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 29 Sep. 2021
  • Like golf, tennis was as hidebound as the aristocrats who then played and most closely followed the sport.
    — Frank Fitzpatrick, Philly.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • The upkeep for the house — called Wankaner House back then — became too much for a minor aristocrat.
    — New York Times, 27 July 2021
  • Alfred Giles came into the world as a sickly child of aristocrats in the suburbs of London.
    — Silvia Foster-Frau, San Antonio Express-News, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Smith despised cheater aristocrats and oligarchs, by the way.
    — WIRED, 6 July 2023
  • To be a free man was to have a legal right to graze a certain number of sheep, which the aristocrats and powerful couldn’t take away from you.
    — Kieran Dodds, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2018
  • Matt Martin It's been coopted by style tribes from aristocrats to punks to peacocks to goths.
    — Max Berlinger, GQ, 7 Mar. 2018
  • Originally the calcio was played for rich aristocrats, and even popes were known to play.
    — Alan Taylor, The Atlantic, 16 June 2017
  • The first and most outlandish was an English aristocrat named Moreton Frewen.
    — Edward Dolnick, New York Times, 2 June 2017
  • Red is also the tunic of cardinals, as well as the velvet cloak of aristocrats.
    — Selene Oliva, Glamour, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Instead of cleaning their shoes, the royals and aristocrats would throw them out every few days.
    — National Geographic, 14 Oct. 2016
  • For all the dash, swagger, and mien-oozing entitlement in The Blue Boy, the subject isn’t an aristocrat.
    — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 17 Feb. 2022
  • Powell is quite funny when Eliza meets a bunch of upper-crust types and proceeds, in dead earnest, to mimic each one of the aristocrats.
    — Don Aucoin, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Apr. 2023
  • Instead of cleaning their shoes, the royals and aristocrats would throw them out every few days.
    — National Geographic, 14 Oct. 2016
  • And still, every local rogue declares him as an out-of-touch aristocrat.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 10 Mar. 2022
  • The interior has the air of an aristocrat’s country home.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 14 Oct. 2021

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