Example sentences for: reign

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

  • He unleashed a 16-day reign of terror that left 300 Madeirans dead, stocks of sugar destroyed, and the island plundered.

  • It used to be, of course, that liberals were all for tough laws against sexual harassment and conservatives complained that such laws create a sexual reign of terror.

  • His grandson, João V, enjoyed a long and glittering reign (1706–1750).

  • The name is found before his reign and perhaps means fort on a slope.

  • 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.


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