Sample Sentences for
pedigree
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  • She came from a long pedigree of musicians stretching back four generations.
    pedigree = family history
  • In fact, she seemed to think I was exaggerating the pedigree of this place.†  (source)
  • Apparently, a Capitol pedigree is no protection here.†  (source)
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  • You're a stud with an impeccable military pedigree.†  (source)
  • A curved, gilded staircase dominates the area, creating a picture-perfect setting for couples with long dresses and tuxes, tasteful accents and pedigrees.†  (source)
  • Earlier in the year, he added to this pedigreed resume his appointment as the undersecretary of state to John Foster Dulles.†  (source)
  • He cut his teeth on Montana match races, relays on unpedigreed horses in Indian country, and contests at rough tracks with names like Chinook and Stampede.†  (source)
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unpedigreed means not and reverses the meaning of pedigreed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • Louie, who knew only a smattering of English until he was in grade school, couldn't hide his pedigree.†  (source)
  • She had many papers, like pedigrees, that told of various ancestors.†  (source)
  • Cynthia was wealthy and pedigreed; she'd been educated in private schools, then an elite finishing academy.†  (source)
  • First, by beginning your breeding program with dogs you found "excellent in temperament and structure" but of unpedigreed stock, you have made attaining your objective—and I admit I don't fully understand it—immeasurably harder.†  (source)
  • Maybe, with my Southern drawl and lack of a family pedigree, I felt like I needed proof that I belonged at Yale Law.†  (source)
  • Fine old families; their pedigrees ensure a large degree of sticking together and giving advice to one another.†  (source)
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