How to Use dynasty in a Sentence

dynasty

noun
  • There was a civil war during the dynasty.
  • She was born into a powerful political dynasty.
  • The girls team is ready to add to its state track and field dynasty.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2021
  • Millage will have the task of trying to keep the dynasty intact.
    Richard Obert, azcentral, 8 July 2019
  • The game marked the beginning of what some call a historic dynasty.
    Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Mike Holloway has built a dynasty on the track in Gainesville.
    Jordan McPherson, miamiherald, 14 May 2018
  • Is everyone else in the league just supposed to wait this dynasty out?
    Mike Finger, San Antonio Express-News, 21 May 2018
  • That was the beginning of the Krick restaurant dynasty.
    Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 16 June 2017
  • Will the Cubs be the latest example of the dynasty that never was?
    Matt Martell, SI.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The Han dynasty tombs were packed with some of the empire's most valuable relics.
    smithsonianmag.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • And the hot take will be the inevitable crumbling of the Patriot dynasty.
    BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Qianlong was the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty who reigned for six decades.
    Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 12 May 2023
  • The Cubs talked openly of building a dynasty in the wake of that championship.
    John Perrotto, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Their current dynasty was built on shrewd draft picks and unique foresight that has become the envy of the league.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 19 June 2018
  • Here's a look at how survival of the world's oldest dynasty rests on the shoulders of a schoolboy.
    CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
  • And the wives had a very important job: to keep the family dynasty going.
    National Geographic, 16 July 2019
  • That’s a football dynasty, and somebody’s got to get them at some point.
    Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2019
  • And that means the Golden State dynasty may go out with a whimper rather than a bang.
    Sopan Deb, New York Times, 9 May 2023
  • Is there a dynasty of this current era that could be the Suns biggest roadblock?
    Chris Coppola, The Arizona Republic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • Rock royalty and a skateboarding dynasty have tied the knot.
    Jonah Valdez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Oct. 2023
  • Japan is ruled by the longest-running hereditary dynasty in the world.
    Washington Post, 28 Sep. 2021
  • Still, a move or two at the deadline can achieve a few goals in the short and long term of preserving this fading dynasty.
    Shayna Rubin, The Mercury News, 30 Jan. 2024
  • This is someone who went from second-round draft pick to core player of a dynasty through sheer force of will.
    Connor Letourneau, SFChronicle.com, 1 Jan. 2021
  • Three centuries of the Romanov dynasty came to an end without a whimper.
    David Sessions, New Republic, 20 Sep. 2017
  • No other royal dynasty has a record that can match that of the Habsburgs.
    David Pryce-Jones, WSJ, 19 Aug. 2022
  • In this sageuk, Lee Joon plays a man whose father becomes the king of a new dynasty.
    Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • People don’t want to see this dynasty, like the Kennedys and Bushes.
    Michael Tackett, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2018
  • Alabama added two more touchdowns, and a dynasty was born.
    Mike Finger, ExpressNews.com, 5 Nov. 2020
  • Mitchell thrived at Carmel, long a dynasty in girls swimming and recently matched by the boys.
    David Woods, The Indianapolis Star, 21 July 2021
  • This may just be the beginning of what could become a Carroll dynasty.
    Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2022

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