How to Use kingdom in a Sentence

kingdom

noun
  • After Queen Mary I died, her half sister Elizabeth ruled the kingdom.
  • The wealth and prestige of whole kingdoms rode the waves with them.
    Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • Which just gives its king even less time to hold on to the kingdom.
    Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 13 Nov. 2022
  • This mighty fortress, lying at the heart of England, was one of the largest in the kingdom.
    Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 June 2024
  • Let these weirdos rule the kingdom, at least for a couple of weeks.
    Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
  • At the time, very little was known of the ancient kingdom.
    Roger Catlin, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 June 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • The move formalized his role as ruler of the kingdom, though the king remains the head of state.
    Edward Wong, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Asha, the hero of the kingdom Rosas, is a conduit for empathy.
    Ken Makin, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 Nov. 2023
  • But in a kingdom built on secrets and lies, hope doesn’t come cheap.
    Sarah Yang, Sunset Magazine, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Thomas Cromwell, who truly wielded the keys to the kingdom.
    Tina Brown, New York Times, 15 Dec. 2022
  • The kingdom knows that if prices get too high, people will be forced to drive and fly less.
    Matt Egan, CNN, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Both were filmed in Neom, a sprawling area along the kingdom’s Red Sea coast.
    Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
  • And in the final episode, Galadriel brings him to the elven kingdom to be healed from a wound.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The King has returned from the Trojan War, but much has changed in his kingdom.
    Zac Ntim, Deadline, 1 Nov. 2024
  • Now, Vice is in talks to expand its business in the kingdom.
    Ben Hubbard, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Like the queen of a kingdom, in moments of crisis her instinct was to act.
    Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 11 Oct. 2023
  • They were recruited by the King to fight for the kingdom of Dahomey.
    Jen Juneau, Peoplemag, 23 Sep. 2022
  • All the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them, were in that giddy moment spread beneath her.
    Tessa Hadley, The New Yorker, 23 June 2024
  • The swan, after all, is the national bird of this fairy-tale kingdom.
    Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 6 Feb. 2024
  • When the Oyo seize Nawi, Nanisca abandons caution and leads the kingdom to war.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2022
  • That assembly, or synod, would bring the kingdom’s church in line with the Catholic Church in Rome.
    Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Florence Pugh is now the president of the sheer kingdom.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 22 Mar. 2023
  • The White House and the Democratic party are on a mission to punish the kingdom.
    Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 14 Oct. 2022
  • The snake’s name, Trimeresurus lanna, pays homage to an ancient kingdom that once ruled the same land.
    Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Saudi Arabia has its eyes on the same prize, which is why the Arab kingdom has invested a lot in soccer.
    Samindra Kunti, Forbes, 3 Dec. 2024
  • All seems well as Helm convenes a meeting of Rohan’s great houses meant to map out a plan for the kingdom’s future.
    Charles Pulliam-Moore, The Verge, 11 Dec. 2024

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