Example sentences for: monarchs

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

  • David’s sister Marjory had married Walter the Steward, and their son was the first of the long line of Stewart (later spelled Stuart) monarchs who would reign over Scotland — and, subsequently, Great Britain — until the “Glorious Revolution” of 1688.

  • That same eventful year, Columbus, seeking a western route to the East on behalf of the Catholic Monarchs, arrived in the Americas.

  • It was re-conquered by Alfonso X in 1262 and granted the Monopoly of Trade with Africa by the Catholic Monarchs in 1493.

  • The new King resumed the ways of the two previous monarchs, abolishing laws against adultery and prostitution and taking up with his half sister; but powerful interests, particularly those of the flourishing foreign business community (which would be increasingly dominated by the descendants of the first missionaries), were intent on usurping the throne, in effect if not in name.

  • The converted Jews (conversos) and Moors (Moriscos) who remained in Spain were viewed with suspicion by the Inquisition, which had been established by the Catholic Monarchs to stamp out heresy.


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