throne 1 of 2

noun

Definition of thronenext
as in seat

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throne

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verb

as in to crown

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Recent Examples of throne
Noun
In this folklore fantasy, Lee Yeon (Lee Dong-wook) is a mountain god who traded his throne in exchange for the promise that his true love, Ah-eum, would be reincarnated. — Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 15 July 2026 Prince George is an heir to the British throne, falling second in the line of succession after his father. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 14 July 2026
Verb
Kate Daly, relationship expert and cofounder of online divorce service amicable, shared the pros and cons of throning. — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 And like Clemson last year, LSU de-throned the defending champion in the title game (winning 42-25), though this one was on a 29-game winning streak. — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 14 Jan. 2020 See All Example Sentences for throne
Recent Examples of Synonyms for throne
  1. seat
  2. crown
  3. pedestal
  4. enthrone
  5. top
  6. pinnacle
  7. height
  8. eminence
Noun
  • The audience giggled nervously as their seats rocked and rolled during the tense chase scene, and whenever the dinosaur went in for an attack, a squirt of water shot out from behind each audience member’s seat.
    — Matt Minton, Variety, 19 July 2026
  • Each business-class, lie-flat seat can bring in close to $10,000 on some long-haul international routes compared with $2,000 or even much less for a seat in the back.
    — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 19 July 2026
Definition of seat
Verb
  • At the end of the second installment, Mia is crowned the queen of Genovia single after Parliament abolishes the law requiring that a queen be married first.
    — Carly Thomas, HollywoodReporter, 19 July 2026
  • As the 2026 World Cup story nears its end and fans wait to see whether Spain or Argentina will be crowned champion, the next FIFA World Cup has been set for 2030.
    — Malik Davis, Rolling Stone, 19 July 2026
Definition of crown
Noun
  • Tall branches of persimmons filled an enormous cobalt-blue fishbowl on a rosewood pedestal.
    — Min Jin Lee, New Yorker, 19 July 2026
  • A lot of them are tucked away in vitrines that serve as pedestals for dresses by some of the world’s most exclusive designers.
    — Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 4 July 2026
Definition of pedestal
Verb
  • The resort, wellness center, villas and residences are enthroned at the top.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Jan. 2026
  • As reason and science were being enthroned, the Gothic Romance exploded, full of emotion and thrills.
    — Guillermo del Toro, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2025
Definition of enthrone
Noun
  • That could be a bad sign for Everton Blair, the former Gwinnett County School Board chairman who needs a strong turnout from his home county in order to rise to the top of the five-person contest.
    — Tia Mitchell, AJC.com, 24 July 2026
  • But most of those players were unable to establish themselves at the top of the game with Madrid or flourish within the national team’s style.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of top
Noun
  • Fourteen years earlier, his debut feature, Ossessione, had effectively birthed Italian neorealism, and Visconti had followed it up with La Terra Trema (1948), one of the absolute pinnacles of the movement.
    — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 24 July 2026
  • The same cannot be said of GB1, the new brand name for Ainslie’s fourth assault on the America’s Cup, regarded as the pinnacle of international sailing.
    — Andrew Rice, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Definition of pinnacle
Noun
  • In the fall, the flashy Waldorf Astoria Hotel & Residences, designed like a stack of nine askew cubes, will soar past to its final height of 1,049 feet.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 21 July 2026
  • By the time Phaedra’s birthday dinner rolls around, the sound of Porsha sharpening her knives reaches its height.
    — Ile-Ife Okantah, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Definition of height
Noun
  • Three extraordinary new books, published this year, shed light on the brilliance and complexity of Morrison’s life and work, and place her as an American eminence, a visionary who saw fiction as a means through which to recast her country’s story.
    — Leigh Haber, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
  • For much of the past week, all that Colombia had been able to agree upon was the pre-eminence of Luis Diaz, who remained a whirling dervish throughout the match as his side’s outstanding player.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 June 2026
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