How to Use kingdom in a Sentence

kingdom

noun
  • After Queen Mary I died, her half sister Elizabeth ruled the kingdom.
  • That was the keys to the kingdom.
    Deasia Paige, AJC.com, 30 Jan. 2026
  • In all three books, there’s a kingdom.
    Jennifer Maas, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Which just gives its king even less time to hold on to the kingdom.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 13 Nov. 2022
  • The kingdom has bought its seat at the table.
    Wael Mahdi, semafor.com, 16 June 2026
  • This kingdom became a state on this date.
    Literary Hub, 26 Feb. 2026
  • The wealth and prestige of whole kingdoms rode the waves with them.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Let these weirdos rule the kingdom, at least for a couple of weeks.
    Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
  • But in a kingdom built on secrets and lies, hope doesn’t come cheap.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • The store is the palace of the Uniqlo kingdom.
    Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 15 Sep. 2025
  • The kingdom knows that if prices get too high, people will be forced to drive and fly less.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
  • In a few short sentences, my pal was given the keys to the kingdom.
    Steve Strauss, USA TODAY, 22 Sep. 2021
  • Link can now fight back against forces that threaten the kingdom, all in the palm of their hand.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The kingdom — and others — have moved in quickly to fill that gap.
    Alaa Shahine Salha, semafor.com, 16 Feb. 2026
  • Cash flow and equity reign supreme in his kingdom.
    Mat Issa, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Andy Reid’s kingdom has collapsed around him.
    Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025
  • Diriyah is one of the kingdom’s most prominent projects.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 5 Oct. 2025
  • With keys to the kingdom, Marlène opened the door to a mayen and put us to work.
    Marlise Kast-Myers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 May 2024
  • The votes were in, the kingdom sent to exile and the rest is history.
    Lana Bortolot, Forbes, 3 June 2022
  • The kingdom will not easily let go of its new status.
    Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 22 Apr. 2026
  • Like the queen of a kingdom, in moments of crisis her instinct was to act.
    Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Altman is not alone in building kingdoms.
    Mackenzie Sigalos, CNBC, 1 Jan. 2026
  • The young woman has to deal with the fact that her father was banished from the kingdom.
    Myrna Petlicki, chicagotribune.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Most kingdoms don’t fall without a battle.
    Noah White, Miami Herald, 13 Mar. 2026
  • In turn, the keys to the kingdom would be handed over to Lance as a rookie.
    Vincent Frank, Forbes, 7 May 2021
  • The part where the kingdom wakes up from its cursed slumber and resumes life as if no time has passed at all.
    Margaret Gray, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2022
  • This person was in fact the crown prince of a kingdom in what is now the Gambia.
    Anderson Tepper, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Of course, in this version Shankar also turns out to be the heir to a kingdom.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
  • In that case, the keys to your online kingdom could be ferried straight to someone else.
    Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
  • The swan, after all, is the national bird of this fairy-tale kingdom.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024

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