Example sentences for: duke

How can you use “duke” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • He arrived in Dover in June 1763 in a paq-bot which he shared with the Duke of Bedfort.

  • Sportswriters credited UConn's victory to its refusal to be intimidated by Duke's reputation.

  • Aided by British troops, who were subsequently commanded by the Duke of Wellington, the Spanish drove the French out of the Iberian Peninsula.

  • Even the formidable Duke of Edinburgh was heard to remark ruefully on an official visit to Papua New Guinea that it was very difficult to maintain a stiff upper lip when one was constantly being introduced as Whitefella Blongum Kween.

  • American English removes the y- from the yu- sound when it turns new and duke into noo and dook.


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