noble art

noun

1. the noble art
   boxing

Example Sentences

Marvellers practice the noble art of marvelling, channeling the celestial light within to manipulate the universe and display its grandeur.

From Literature

The first is that statecraft, when practiced as Lincoln practiced it, is a noble art.

From Washington Post

“You may easily believe,” said he, “how great was the difficulty to persuade my father that all necessary knowledge was not comprised in the noble art of book-keeping; and, indeed, I believe I left him incredulous to the last, for his constant answer to my unwearied entreaties was the same as that of the Dutch schoolmaster in The Vicar of Wakefield: ‘I have ten thousand florins a year without Greek, I eat heartily without Greek.’

From Literature

Would it further the evolution of a noble art form while attempting to say something new about the human condition?

From The Guardian

“I do this for the beautiful pear tree at Cubbington Woods, 250 years old – they have no rights. I do this in fierce love of the 108 ancient woodlands threatened by HS2, this climate crime of a project. I do this in the spirit of what Emmeline Pankhurst called the noble art of window smashing.”

From The Guardian