noble art

noun

1. the noble art
   boxing

Example Sentences

This of course must be laid to the credit of the local supporters of "the noble art of self-defence," the Brummagem bruisers.

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He understood the noble art of governing men; had in him the justice, clearness, valor and patience needed for that.

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It is a noble art, for nothing can be hidden from you, when once you understand the stars.'

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Standing forth, in an attitude of the noble art of self-defence, was Falkner Sewin.

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Wrong living blunts, and eventually destroys, the fundamental sense of right and wrong without which a noble art is impossible.

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