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Example sentences for: throne
How can you use “throne” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
So it was bitterly ironic when Elizabeth died without an heir and James, Mary’s Catholic son, inherited the English throne.
In 1368 Zhuyuanzhang assumed the throne of the Middle Kingdom, founding yet another dynasty of brilliant promise — the Ming.
He lavished millions on palaces and mosques, blowing at least one million pounds sterling on gold and jewels for his Peacock 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.
Ferdinand’s return to the throne in 1814 destroyed any hopes left for a constitutional monarchy, while tension between liberals and conservatives led to a century of conflict, marked by the upheavals of the three Carlist wars and the abortive First Republic, which was proclaimed in 1873.