How to Use king in a Sentence

king

noun

• The lion is known as the king of the jungle.
• He was voted king of the prom.
• He pledged his loyalty to the king and queen.
• He became king at a young age.
• She won the game by checkmating his king.
• He's widely regarded as the king of soul music.
• Memo to the new British king and to those who would have his job.
  — Guy Trebay, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• There’s even a moment when a tiger gets close to the king.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 16 Dec. 2022
• King James is about to be crowned the king of NBA scorers.
  — cleveland, 2 Feb. 2023
• Get ready to feel like the king or queen of your own castle.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 7 Dec. 2022
• For the event, the king and queen made their arrival via the royal yacht Norge.
  — Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
• Which just gives its king even less time to hold on to the kingdom.
  — Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 13 Nov. 2022
• But who knows how long Shakespeare will be the king of quotes?
  — Ronald G. Shafer, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
• Today’s West leads the ten of hearts against 3NT: queen, king, ace.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
• Here, the Prince of Wales must answer to his father, the king (played by Stephen Fry).
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 10 Aug. 2023
• Nor, indeed, was Charles’s playing of the king in 1965.
  — Fintan O’Toole, The New York Review of Books, 7 May 2023
• The United States threw off the yoke of a king more than two centuries ago.
  — JSTOR Daily, 24 June 2024
• The foam mattress is available in twin, full, queen, and king sizes.
  — Claire Harmeyer, Peoplemag, 29 May 2023
• Those views are at odds with how many young people feel about the king.
  — Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 12 May 2023
• The statement cleared up questions about the king's younger son's plans.
  — Harold Maass, The Week, 13 Apr. 2023
• The cooling comforter comes in three sizes: twin, queen, and king.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 22 Nov. 2023
• In 2018, the show’s storyline changed from a king and princess ruling the roost to a queen in charge.
  — Samantha Masunagastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
• Dummy’s queen lost to East’s king, and a club came back: eight, ten, ace.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
• The title of stock market king is once again up for grabs.
  — Charley Grant, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2024
• In virtually any age and any culture, the health of the king was the health of the kingdom.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
• This is the place where presidents, kings, queens, and heads of state have stayed.
  — Martin Vassolo, Axios, 1 Nov. 2024
• Choose to rest on the daybed that juts out over the sand and overlooks the ocean, or curl up in the plush king bed inside.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 2 Nov. 2024
• King Charles and Queen Camilla were in Berlin this week for the first state visit of the new king’s rule.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 1 Apr. 2023
• And if Orange is the new Black, Netflix is the new content king of pro wrestling.
  — Alfred Konuwa, Forbes, 4 Dec. 2024
• That year was in the middle of the Interregnum, a period when Britain was a republic without a king.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 9 Jun 2024