Sentence examples for noble opponents from inspiring English sources

Peter intervened as an arbiter between the king and his noble opponents.

Sweden had entered the Kalmar Union on the initiative of the noble opponents of Albert of Mecklenburg.

Shorn of the comfort of posing as noble opponents of hated regimes, they must dirty their hands with politics, propose concrete policies and accept diversity within their own ranks.

There's a lot of bad blood between the close-knit Premiership clubs and all those below, but Orrell did more than any of the other down-trodden ones in the first division to trouble their noble opponents in the Powergen Cup.

"They were noble opponents.

Hal laments the wasteful death of his noble opponent and of Falstaff, on the ground nearby.

Every great boxer we care about has had a noble opponent, and together they created a great moment.

Richard could honour his noble Muslim opponents but be utterly ruthless to lowborn captives.

Opponents like Lorna Noble, an advertising executive, argue that the London eruv will be much more obtrusive.

Being within striking distance does tend to load the tactical incentives in favour of war with your opponent, rather than noble pursuit of tranquility and parliamentary zen.

Likewise there was a shared fascination for bladed weaponry and the noble art of slicing an opponent into several pieces at arm's length - until, that is, the British added machine guns, railways and armoured gunboats to the equation.