Examples of lowborn in a Sentence
his patrician parents were very slow to accept his lowborn wife
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Newly added to the mix are lowborn dragonriders of Valyrian descent, Addam of Hull (whose father is Corlys Velaryon), Hugh and Ulf.
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Peter Claffey stars in the HBO drama as the lowborn Ser Duncan the Tall, who gains a squire in a Targaryen prince.
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Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2025
Ser Luthor Largent is introduced as a lowborn knight and office on the City Watch.
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Nick Romano,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Few spoke up for the man viewed by many as a lowborn upstart, but Cromwell, his faithful servant, was the exception, petitioning Henry at great risk to his own reputation.
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Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Nor was there a payoff to the mounting tensions in capital city King’s Landing, where Rhaenyra’s lowborn advisor Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) has been sowing the seeds of rebellion among the common people.
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Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2024
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Tracy Brown,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2026
Peter Claffey stars in the HBO drama as the lowborn Ser Duncan the Tall, who gains a squire in a Targaryen prince.
—
Shauna Lyon,
New Yorker,
31 Oct. 2025
Ser Luthor Largent is introduced as a lowborn knight and office on the City Watch.
—
Nick Romano,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
Few spoke up for the man viewed by many as a lowborn upstart, but Cromwell, his faithful servant, was the exception, petitioning Henry at great risk to his own reputation.
—
Meilan Solly,
Smithsonian Magazine,
20 Mar. 2025
Nor was there a payoff to the mounting tensions in capital city King’s Landing, where Rhaenyra’s lowborn advisor Mysaria (Sonoya Mizuno) has been sowing the seeds of rebellion among the common people.
—
Alison Herman,
Variety,
5 Aug. 2024
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“Lowborn.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/lowborn. Accessed 6 Jul. 2026.
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