How to Use regent in a Sentence

regent

noun

• The old regent is losing limbs, digits and hair by the hour.
  — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
• This was the grand error of the regent, and which Law did not attempt to dispel.
  — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 Sep. 2020
• Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the former queen regent, is 86.
  — Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
• 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 board of regents initially rejected the deal in a 9–8 vote.
  — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
• 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
• Grey’s father-in-law and Edward’s regent, John Dudley, put Grey on the throne instead.
  — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2022
• In this episode, a young man named Tadayoshi, in the service of Lord Toranaga, has an outburst during a meeting of the five regents of Japan.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
• The story tells of a peaceful colony on the edge of the galaxy that is threatened by the armies of a tyrannical regent named Belisarius.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Apr. 2022
• Now, the regents are attempting to put legislators in the hot seat.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 28 Apr. 2023
• The suit claims that the former regent tried to report the allegations to the Archdiocese of Detroit.
  — John Wisely, Detroit Free Press, 15 Dec. 2020
• The country has some of the strictest lese majeste laws in the world and defaming the king, queen, heir-apparent or regent can mean a 15-year jail sentence.
  — Helen Regan, CNN, 19 Sep. 2020
• And a candidate on the verge of becoming the board's first Native American regent missed the cut.
  — Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
• So the queen-regent gives the elf warrior a taste of her Palantir, and Galadriel experiences the great wave for herself.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 16 Sep. 2022
• If the monarch is still a child when succeeding to the throne, a regent is appointed to perform the royal functions until the monarch turns 18.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2022
• In 2003, Prince Haakon assumed the role of regent while King Harald was treated for bladder cancer.
  — Emma Kershaw, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2023
• On page 46 of the report, a meeting is revealed in which an unnamed now-former regent tried to warn Schlissel about Philbert.
  — David Jesse, Detroit Free Press, 17 Sep. 2021
• Last year, the regents approved tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year in April.
  — The Arizona Republic, 16 Feb. 2023
• Following the death of King James, Meg is now regent of Scotland, ruling in stead for her son, who is still only a toddler.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 26 Oct. 2020
• But by the new regent’s own admission, there is a world of difference between being a king and being a prince.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2022
• While heirs in other royal families around the world sometimes act as regents when the monarch is unwell or abroad, the case is different in the U.K.
  — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 6 Feb. 2024
• The Chronicle has learned that the former regent is William Bagley, who said in an interview that the donation was for $1 million.
  — Nanette Asimov, SFChronicle.com, 28 Sep. 2020

Last Updated: 28 May 2024