How to Use regent in a Sentence

regent

noun

• Regents assumed all the powers of the monarch, just not the title of king.
  — chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2017
• For now Prince Charles will remain a prince, and not a regent or a monarch.
  — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2019
• The old regent is losing limbs, digits and hair by the hour.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• No state tax dollars will be used, Blank told the regents.
  — Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2018
• This was the grand error of the regent, and which Law did not attempt to dispel.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 Sep. 2020
• That was a year before the regents adopted the new code of conduct.
  — Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 14 June 2018
• That regent had leaked the story for his own reasons and that got it out in the media.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 9 July 2019
• The hire, which was submitted on June 28, is still awaiting the approval of the school's board of regents.
  — Justin Sayers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2018
• The regents for both Oklahoma and Georgia filled the role.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
• Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the former queen regent, is 86.
  — Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the former queen regent, is 82.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2020
• Buzbee, the regent who had so much to say after the UCLA game, did not return messages.
  — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
• The son of Seti I, Ramses earned the rank of army captain at age 10 and ascended to the throne as prince regent at age 14.
  — Emma Schkloven, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2022
• The A&M System has had student regents on its board since 2006.
  — Lindsay Ellis, Houston Chronicle, 5 June 2018
• That's right, the uncle was supposed to be the regent, keeping tabs and helping him through.
  — CBS News, 19 June 2019
• The effort may have seemed quixotic, but the regents heard her story.
  — Teresa Watanabe, latimes.com, 31 May 2018
• The board of regents initially rejected the deal in a 9–8 vote.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• Crowned at Stirling in 1543, the regent was later welcomed as a guest at Doune.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Dec. 2019
• Then, his staff told the regents that years of work and millions of dollars could be lost if the change order weren’t approved.
  — Matthew Watkins, star-telegram.com, 20 May 2017
• Verhalen edged Hsu, who sought to become the first regent of color to win re-election in 22 years.
  — Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
• Thuy Dan Nguyen, the student regent, thanked the board for its commitment to the system’s students.
  — Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2022
• Barbara Stein: That was a sticking point for the university and the regents.
  — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
• For instance, the regent could not give a thumbs-up to a piece of legislation that changed the order of succession to the throne.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
• But if four of the five regents ruling Japan are against Toranaga, the chances of his survival are even grimmer than those of the Dutch and English sailors.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• On Wednesday, the university’s board of regents will vote to approve the new school.
  — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
• As a sort of regent, Dudley had set England on a course of extreme Protestantism.
  — Michael Farquhar, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• The system’s board of regents initially rejected the deal in a 9–8 vote.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
• Then, Henry leaves to go get his wartime kicks in France, leaving Catherine regent.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2020
• Janet Reilly, the chair of UC’s board of regents, plans to soon appoint a committee that will begin a national search for the system’s next president.
  — Michael Burke, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• Sawai starred as Toda Mariko, a highborn woman with an important role to play in a brewing civil war among Japan’s ruling council of regents.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 16 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 11 Dec 2024