Example sentences for: régime

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

  • Absolute power was the dominant feature of what post-Revolutionary France called the Ancien Régime.

  • Her father was a parvenu who used to be a bon vivant and the enfant terrible of his clique but became a laissez-faire entrepreneur in the entrepôt business and then accepted a post as a chargé d'affaires, which entitled him to a UN laissez-passer, (working to improve detente, and rapprochement with the ancien régime), though he remained a bit of a roué, having an affaire with the au pair.

  • Whereas, the Times speculated, a sensible response to the hijacking might have been "to pool regional forces in anti-terrorist measures which might either negotiate with the hijackers or flush them out of the plane by force," since India has "frayed diplomatic ties with Pakistan and none with the internationally shunned Taleban régime … channels for coordinated action … did not exist."

  • The fort nearby held political prisoners during the Salazar régime; now it’s a museum as well as a display area for local crafts and traditions.

  • The nationalism that Napoleon invoked in his conquest of Europe’s Ancien Régime turned against him in Spain, Russia, and Germany.


How many words do you know? Try our free vocabulary size test!


Search

Search for example sentences

Loading Loading...
Quantcast