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Example sentences for: regent

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The generally lazy regent gave incompetent nobles too much of a say in the running of the state.
The Solution also has support on the right--from governors George and Jeb Bush, most obviously, but also (at least in its diluted, 4 percent form) from Ward Connerly, the University of California regent who has led the fight against race preferences in his state.
But more immediately, it was when the kapu system of taboos broke down completely under the leadership of young King Kamehameha II (the first king’s son, Liholiho) and the regent, Kaahumanu (the favorite of the 21 wives of the first king).
Certainly, in the case of the Crown , as ample evidence will show, reference is so made specifically to avoid mentioning a particular regent and not as a figure of speech employed for rhetorical effect.
She was a remarkable woman, gaining power as regent for the young Tutmosis II — her stepson — before usurping it for herself by claiming divine right to rule.