sultan

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Recent Examples of sultan Noor Inayat Khan, codenamed Madeleine during her service with the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) was the great-great-granddaughter of an Indian sultan. Rachel Elspeth Gross, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025 Sultanate: Supreme power rests in the hands of a sultan. Marley Malenfant, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025 Some modern commentators suggest that the circles represent the triple role of Ottoman sultans as chieftain, warrior and emperor. Dorothy Armstrong june 18, Literary Hub, 18 June 2025 The Turkish president appears to see himself as a modern-day sultan, the rightful heir to Sunni leadership. Colin P. Clarke, Foreign Affairs, 31 Oct. 2018 See All Example Sentences for sultan
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Noun
  • At the end of their version of Cinderella, the tragic stepsisters cut off the backs of their heels to try to fit into the glass slipper; the prince only notices the deception when their stockings fill with blood.
    Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 3 Oct. 2025
  • James pointed out that Tindall pulled George into a hug and kissed him on the head while the prince and his siblings were greeting well-wishers.
    Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • There’s even a little Kurosawa — from all the stages of his career — in the feudal set-up; while the decadent emperor Kisra (Ben Kingsley) holds court, his enemies are banished.
    Damon Wise, Deadline, 28 Sep. 2025
  • By standing up to the emperor, Charles V, at Worms in 1521, Luther had provided an unforgettable example of resistance.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Secretary of State Marco Rubio and emir of Qatar Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani in Doha today.
    NBC News, NBC news, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The president also spoke to the emir and prime minister of Qatar and thanked them for their support and friendship to our country.
    Nadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The science, literature and economics prizes are presented to the laureates by the Swedish king at a ceremony in Stockholm on December 10, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death, followed by a lavish banquet at city hall.
    USA Today, USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The accommodations offer resort, coastline, or ocean views; king or double queen beds; balconies or ground-level patios; and optional Club level.
    Patricia Doherty, Travel + Leisure, 7 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • In the course of human events — at the courts of tsars, sultans, kaisers, shahs and the like — fealty has usually trumped expertise.
    Andreas Kluth, Twin Cities, 28 Aug. 2025
  • The shah was admitted to the United States on October 22.
    Niall Ferguson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • The farm features corn mazes, hot apple cider donuts, pig races and princess and prince shows.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado Updated October 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • In her first collaboration with pop princess Sabrina Carpenter, Swift examines the dark side of fame by telling the tale of a woman named Kitty.
    Allison DeGrushe, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • His most important client, during a fifty-year career, was an empress, but tsarinas, society mavens, actresses, and courtesans all came to rely on his expertise.
    Leslie Camhi, New Yorker, 25 July 2025
  • There is only one queen at a time and should two reign, they are considered mother-daughter empresses.
    Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 23 July 2025
Noun
  • Witkoff went from Qatar to Israel on Saturday and insisted on having a meeting with the prime minister on the afternoon of the Jewish sabbath—a violation of Israeli protocol rudely designed to remind Netanyahu who was the vassal and who was the suzerain.
    Gershom Gorenberg, The Atlantic, 16 Jan. 2025
  • Citizens of countries historically exploited by the West face higher financial and bureaucratic hurdles to access facilities and resources concentrated in their former suzerain.
    WIRED, WIRED, 26 Aug. 2022

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