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How to use paragon in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun, verb

Paragon means a person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others. Example: “In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.”

Examples of paragon by meaning

nounA person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.

  • In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.
  • Liz Cheney and her father are positioning themselves as protectors of the old order, as paragons of truth and as defenders of our American norms.2021 May 6, Charles M. Blow, “Liz Cheney, We Have a Memory. You’re No Hero.”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
  • A paragon must embody liberal democracy.2023 February 11, Janan Ganesh, “After Germany’s fall, which is the paragon nation?”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd....

More sentences with paragon

  • Lean to the point of emaciation, Munro was also a paragon of contemporary fashion.2012, Frank Lean, Boiling Point. From the entry avoirdupois
  • The offices in back, honeycombed with semipartitioned cubicles of wood and glass, are a paragon of Collyer brothers’ pack-rattery.2008 June 29, Caroline H. Dworin, “Ladders of Memory”, in New York Times. From the entry semipartitioned
  • Promptly appeared a paragon, aged twenty-five or thereabouts, and exhibiting all the steadiness and serenity of advanced eld.1913, Paulist Fathers, Catholic World. From the entry eld
  • A paragon from the Global South, as no one I know who lives there calls it, would be very 21st century, very au courant.2023 February 11, Janan Ganesh, “After Germany’s fall, which is the paragon nation?”, in FT Weekend, London: The Financial Times Ltd.…. From the entry au courant
  • Other radicals looked for inspiration to England again – though, interestingly, neither to Voltaire's commercial nor Montesquieu's constitutional paragon, but rather to the seventeenth-century Commonwealthmen.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 222. From the entry commonwealthman
  • Suchow, the Paris of the Far East, is coupled with Hangchow in a popular rhyme, which represents the two as paragon cities.1907, W. A. P. Martin, “Province of Kiangsu”, in The Awakening of China, New York: Doubleday, Page & Company, →OCLC, page 25. From the entry Suchow
  • This paragon is not heard at all (as indeed living presenters are not heard because the doorbell rings or someone toots a horn during the back-announcement).1992, Classic CD. - Issues 22-31, page 16. From the entry back-announcement

Meaning of paragon

  1. noun A person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.
  2. noun A companion; a match; an equal.
  3. noun Comparison; competition.

Full definition of paragon

Questions about paragon in a sentence

How do you use paragon in a sentence?
Paragon is used as a noun and verb. For example: “In the novel, Constanza is a paragon of virtue who would never compromise her reputation.”
What is a short sentence with paragon?
“A paragon must embody liberal democracy.”
What does paragon mean?
Paragon means a person of preeminent qualities, who acts as a pattern or model for others.

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