Example sentences for: queen

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

  • You’ll of course see Mary Stuart (Mary, Queen of Scots) and Bonnie Prince Charlie — as himself and also as Betty Burke, his disguise to escape the English forces.

  • Government and industry are squabbling over whether to promote the country as the modern, hip "Cool Britannia" or as the tradition-soaked land of high tea and Queen Victoria.

  • And the tabloid Daily Express found the queen "upstaged" by the actor Sean Connery, an advocate of full independence for Scotland, who received "the biggest cheer of the day" when he arrived in full Highland dress with kilt and sporran and announced menacingly, "This is only the beginning."

  • A hologram of Darth Sidious, Dark Lord of the "Sith," commands the Federation to sic its battle droids on the Jedi ambassadors before they can apprise Queen Amidala (Portman) of the imminent invasion of the peaceful planet of Naboo.

  • The rest of the British press was largely taken up Monday with fresh argument about the future of the monarchy after Demos, a think tank close to the Tony Blair government, published a report proposing the removal of the queen's last remaining powers and a referendum to decide if Prince Charles should be allowed to succeed her.


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