PRINCELY in a Sentence
Learn PRINCELY from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
229 example sentences for PRINCELY, such as:
1. A prince is the son of a king.
2. Poor without debt is better than a prince.
3. The prince was silent and looked indifferent.
4. He was speaking without the prince's authority.
5. The prince fall in love with a fair young maiden.
2. Poor without debt is better than a prince.
3. The prince was silent and looked indifferent.
4. He was speaking without the prince's authority.
5. The prince fall in love with a fair young maiden.
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Meanings and Examples of PRINCELY
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princely
a. rich and superior in quality
a. having the rank of or befitting a prince
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "And very princely," added Chateau-Renaud.
2 Meanwhile, Mr. Waldengarver, in a frightful perspiration, was trying to get himself out of his princely sables.
3 "It is a princely offer," said Holmes.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
Context Highlight In V. THE ADVENTURE OF THE PRIORY SCHOOL
4 But granted even that, it is, to my mind, a princely failing, and one that I trust will long be cultivated among us.
5 In Switzerland, this heir to the richest princely domains in France had sold an old horse in order to obtain bread.
6 For princely Alcides the avenger came glorious in the spoils of triple Geryon slain; this way the Conqueror drove the huge bulls, and his oxen filled the river valley.
7 In fact, even a bowing acquaintance with a prince or a lord counts, in his eyes, for more than do the most intimate of relations with ordinary folk.
8 I must put in an appearance there, said the prince.
9 I think," said the prince with a smile, "that if you had been sent instead of our dear Wintzingerode you would have captured the King of Prussia's consent by assault.
10 "I shall be delighted to meet them," said the prince.
11 The prince was silent and looked indifferent.
12 The prince bowed to signify his respect and gratitude.
13 The prince answered nothing, but she looked at him significantly, awaiting a reply.
14 "Listen, dear Annette," said the prince, suddenly taking Anna Pavlovna's hand and for some reason drawing it downwards.
15 But as soon as the prince had gone her face resumed its former cold, artificial expression.
Example Sentence: (19 in 2 pages)
1 Despite their reputation for reaping princely sums that seem to rise year after year, CEOs took a pay cut in 2009, and a big one at that.
2 At least a dozen people attend on the bride of the wealthy prince.
3 He was speaking without the prince's authority.
4 The young prince is the heir to a vast estate in the west of the country.
5 Speculation was rife as to whom the prince might marry.
6 Poor without debt is better than a prince.
7 The prince is no longer able to perform his duties.
8 Ambition, in a private man a vice, is in a prince, a virtue.
9 I have received a private commission to paint the prince's family.
10 A prince is the son of a king.
11 In the story, the prince woos and wins the fair maiden.
12 The prince was reported to be elated at/by the birth of his new daughter.
13 The prince fall in love with a fair young maiden.
14 The disguised prince resented the cavalier way in which the palace guards treated him. How dared they handle a member of the royal family so unceremoniously!
15 Their disparity in rank made no difference at all to the prince and Cinderella.