Example sentences for: throne

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

  • After Diana's death, disgruntled pundits wanted to pass over the adulterous Charles and make his son William heir to the throne.

  • Mixed, but mainly good, reviews for this lavish costume drama about the first Queen Elizabeth and her troubled ascendance to the throne.

  • By marrying his daughters to sons of the reigning emperor and then engineering timely abdications, a Fujiwara contrived always to be father-in-law, uncle, or grandfather behind the throne.

  • Philip finally gained the Spanish throne under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht in 1713.

  • The Daily Telegraph of London led its front page Friday with a boycott by Prince Charles, the heir to the British throne, of a banquet hosted Thursday night by Chinese President Jiang Zemin, because of his "contempt for China's human rights record."


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