How to Use aristocratic in a Sentence

aristocratic

adjective
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  • But, sir, the town’s aristocratic sort eat and drink here.
    — Anna Deavere Smith, The Atlantic, 13 Nov. 2023
  • By contrast, Davos, the aristocratic spa town in the Swiss Alps, seems like an oasis of peace.
    — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 12 Apr. 2023
  • Through four weeks, that tier of the sport has 19 wins over its aristocratic other half, the Power 5.
    — Ross Dellenger, SI.com, 24 Sep. 2019
  • In the film and the opera, an aristocratic couple invite a group of friends to their mansion for a post-opera dinner.
    — Anthony Tommasini, New York Times, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The Grimaldis, one of the aristocratic families of Genoa, captured the fortress in 1297.
    — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 July 2022
  • His voice was kind of liquid, low, aristocratic, and yet swingy.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Nov. 2023
  • In life, Weiss had liquidy blue eyes and an aristocratic air.
    — Alex French, Wired, 11 Mar. 2020
  • The exhibit follows the chronology of the show, from the sinking of the Titanic, through World War I, and up to 1925 and the decline of the aristocratic class.
    — Antonie Boessenkool, Orange County Register, 10 Feb. 2017
  • For a bite of lunch, the travelers moved to Palazzo Daniele—an aristocratic mansion built in 1861 in Gagliano del Capo.
    — Harper's BAZAAR, 28 May 2021
  • Add to that the fact that the audience is dressed not unlike the aristocratic socialites whom Barnum rubs elbows with in the movie.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 3 Dec. 2018
  • Take a young man from a rich, aristocratic family and give him the nerve to become an actor.
    — Matt Goulet, Esquire, 18 Sep. 2017
  • King James I, for instance, sold off aristocratic titles to fund the war with Ireland.
    — Anne Quito, Quartz, 27 Mar. 2022
  • The Spencers are an aristocratic family whose history goes back centuries, though the tale of the Spencer tiara does not stretch that far back.
    — Stellene Volandes, Town & Country, 29 Nov. 2020
  • For the woodsy outing, Kate's look was outdoorsy in a Ralph Lauren, aristocratic hunting lodge kind of way.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2023
  • In fact, pairing blue and brown can be handsome and often has an aristocratic air.
    — Lois Fenton, Arkansas Online, 21 Mar. 2021
  • But for the best mix of scenery, old aristocratic romance, and wisteria charm, my choice is Como.
    — Rick Steves, chicagotribune.com, 21 Oct. 2021
  • The star of the first 100 or so pages isn’t Kaiser but Nix – dapper, polished, aristocratic and almost absurdly suave.
    — David Patrikarakos, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2019
  • Before her, David Cameron and his aristocratic wife, Samantha, had gone for a Scandi-style look.
    — Lara Prendergast, Harper's Magazine, 26 Oct. 2021
  • She was told the piece had been owned by a member of the aristocratic Barberini family.
    — Colleen Long, The Seattle Times, 17 Dec. 2017
  • Brooksbank is the son of an accountant and grew up in British aristocratic circles.
    — Megan Friedman, Town & Country, 25 Sep. 2020
  • Brooksbank, 31, is the son of an accountant and grew up in British aristocratic circles.
    — Megan Friedman, Town & Country, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Brooksbank, 33, is the son of an accountant and grew up in British aristocratic circles.
    — Megan Friedman, Town & Country, 26 June 2019
  • George turns eight later this month, which, according to old school etiquette experts, is the right age for aristocratic boys to make the switch from shorts and knee socks to full-length pants.
    — Kayleigh Roberts, Marie Claire, 18 July 2021
  • Julien becomes the lover of the marquis’s aloof daughter, Mathilde, and rises to the highest tier of Parisian aristocratic society.
    — J. Michael Lennon, wsj.com, 7 Apr. 2023
  • What is the root of the haughty aristocratic conservatism the Times chooses to foist on its liberal readership twice a week?
    — David Klion, The New Republic, 24 Sep. 2019
  • John Mueller argued that great-power war, like aristocratic dueling, had gone the way of the dodo.
    — Tanisha M. Fazal, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
  • Polish the silver and ring the butler bells, for the Downton Abbey movie trailer has arrived in all of its aristocratic glory.
    — Vogue, 21 May 2019
  • One of the women at last week’s Viennese Ball has an aristocratic title that has been in her family since the 1800s.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2020
  • The painters used fruits that could be recognized from everybody because the message had to arrive to everybody, to the rich people, to the poor people, to the farmers, to the aristocratic.
    — Ari Daniel, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Central France has been occupied off and on for thousands of years, by aristocratic families to nomadic tribes.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 29 Jan. 2025

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