REIGNING in a Sentence
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141 example sentences for REIGNING, such as:
1. The Queen reigns but does not rule.
2. It is an event in which she reigns supreme.
3. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
4. Decazes, who was liberal to a degree, reigned.
5. A very neat toilet table in the reigning style.
2. It is an event in which she reigns supreme.
3. Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
4. Decazes, who was liberal to a degree, reigned.
5. A very neat toilet table in the reigning style.
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Meanings and Examples of REIGNING
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reigning
v. have sovereign power
n. royal authority; the dominion of a monarch
Classic Sentence: (126 in 9 pages)
1 But no man ventured directly to gainsay a pledge filled to the health of the reigning monarch.
2 I am not one of those who neglect the reigning power to bow to the rising sun.
3 To my certain knowledge he has acted on behalf of three of the reigning houses of Europe in very vital matters.
The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
Context Highlight In XI. The Adventure of The Naval Treaty
4 , the grand age; a theatre, the temple of Melpomene; the reigning family, the august blood of our kings; a concert, a musical solemnity; the General Commandant of the province, the illustrious warrior, who, etc.
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER IX—A PLACE WHERE CONVICTIONS ARE IN PROCESS OF FO...
5 To abdicate with the object of reigning seems to be the device of monasticism.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VII—PRECAUTIONS TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAME
6 A very neat toilet table in the reigning style.
7 The less zealous English thought they conferred a sufficient honor on its unsullied fountains, when they bestowed the name of their reigning prince, the second of the house of Hanover.
8 reigning king, and those given by the Americans that of the.
9 A Dervish, or Turkish priest, drew his scimitar on Bajazet, father of the Sultan now reigning, and if he did not wound him, it was from no lack either of daring or of opportunity.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
Context Highlight In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI.
10 The sadness which reigned everywhere was but an excuse for unfailing kindness.
11 This first danger was past; but there still reigned a frightful tumult within him.
12 Decazes, who was liberal to a degree, reigned.
13 The same silence reigned, and there was the same darkness around him.
14 The kings reigned, but ill at their ease, with the rock of Saint Helena on the horizon.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT
15 Madeleine had reigned over all and directed all.
Example Sentence:
1 The football superpowers of England, Spain, and Italy provide four teams each including the reigning champions Liverpool, Real Madrid and AC Milan.
2 The reigning champion will defend her title tonight.
3 The bicycle reigned supreme as Britain's most popular mode of transport.
4 Confusion reigned about how the debate would end.
5 The gallant soldiers lost their lives so that peace might reign again.
6 Happy are the families where the government of parents is the reign of affection, and obedience of the children the submission to love.
7 Better to reign in hell than serve in heaven.
8 His reign has never been considered particularly noteworthy.
9 51-year-old Tuheitia Paki is the eldest son of the previous monarch, who died last week at the age of 75, after a reign of 40 years.
10 The new king began his reign by restoring order that the lawless interregnum had destroyed.
11 After a year without defeat, the team now reigns supreme as the finest in the country.
12 At twenty years of age, the will reigns; at thirty, the wit ; and at forty, the judgment.
13 It is an event in which she reigns supreme.
14 The Queen reigns but does not rule.
15 The Queen of Britain reigns, but she does not rule or govern.