Example sentences for: ruler

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

  • And instead of being the sole ruler of the world's oil fields, OPEC has watched its control of world prices disappear, as dramatic technological advances in exploration and production have made new oil reserves--largely controlled by Western companies--appear where there weren't any before.

  • He wrote that the crown prince, the effective ruler of Saudi Arabia, could have met secretly with Israeli officials, as Clinton asked, and struck deals with them behind closed doors, subsequently to denounce Israel in the strongest terms, as many Arab leaders did.

  • Confucius laid great stress on the proper and harmonious relationships between ruler and subject, parent and child, teacher and student, the individual and the state.

  • The Ptolemaic era came to an end with its most famous ruler, Queen Cleopatra.

  • The greatest of the Byzantine emperors was Justinian the Great (ruler from 527 to 565), who introduced an equitable legal system, and also extended the boundaries of the empire into Spain, Italy, and Africa.


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