How to Use reign in a Sentence

reign

1 of 2 noun

• She was a popular ruler throughout her reign.
• The reign of the Hays Code also came to an end in 1968.
  — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
• So for the first time in her 68-year reign, the Queen will have to watch from home.
  — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 16 June 2020
• Will chaos reign again in 2023, or will the race return to form?
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 24 Jan. 2023
• Still, Pass Over’s reign hardly feels like a luck of the draw.
  — Brittani Samuel, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2021
• The truth of the matter is that the nicki Minaj reign is up.
  — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 5 July 2018
• The Spartans’ reign at the top — at least to start the season — will be short-lived.
  — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2019
• Now, in the show’s final season, Claire holds the reigns.
  — Lonnie Firestone, Glamour, 10 Nov. 2018
• Lengthy reigns at the top may be the next thing to get disrupted.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
• Not the reign of the royals in Britain, but the Netflix series about them.
  — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2023
• The Na'vis' reign at the box office continues for a fifth week in a row.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2023
• But of all the oversized pastas, there are some that reign supreme.
  — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 5 June 2018
• That was just the first few months of Villanueva’s reign.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
• The narrative at the time was that in a moment like this, chaos reigns.
  — Alvin Melathe, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2020
• The Na'vi reign at the domestic box office has come to an end.
  — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2022
• So will they be forced to join her and who will be joining Sam in her new reign?
  — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 1 Nov. 2019
• Camilla may have worn the brooch to symbolize the queen's long reign.
  — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
• The slave trade was abolished in 1807 during King George’s reign.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2023
• Pound for pound, the blue whale’s reign is indisputable.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 13 Dec. 2019
• Many kids get free reign of the basement for sleepovers.
  — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 20 July 2018
• But the reign of the Sanfordiacaulis was short-lived, the researchers said.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
• To help with the costs of her reign, Cotton needed to find sponsors.
  — Molly Hudson, azcentral, 4 July 2019
• But despite the zoo’s best efforts to keep it healthy, the historic oak’s reign has come to an end.
  — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
• The fish tube's reign began last week, but also five years ago.
  — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2019
• In this set, notes like vanilla, chocolate, and caramel reign supreme.
  — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 25 May 2023
• But there’s still 11 years to savor my reign as the family’s king of beers.
  — Richard Espinoza, kansascity.com, 11 May 2017
• His reign was cut prematurely short by a bull that had the gall to fight back.
  — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2021
• Big bodies kind of reign supreme during that run for those teams.
  — oregonlive.com, 15 Aug. 2019
• Trader Joe’s launched an eight-seed Tasty Eight Tournament to see which sports-spectating snack reigns supreme.
  — Kara Peeler, Sunset Magazine, 30 Mar. 2024
• While some monarchs reign until their deaths, the Dutch royals traditionally abdicate the throne for their heir.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 17 Apr. 2024

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reign

2 of 2 verb

• The lion reigns as king of the jungle.
• The king reigned in a time of peace and prosperity.
• For years, Bud Light has reigned supreme in the U.S. beer market.
  — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
• The one thing that might reign the Taliban in is that the group needs young Afghans.
  — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2021
• Teach me to turn to You in prayer, trust You to be in charge and let Your peace reign over me.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
• In their place, K-pop groups like BTS have reigned supreme.
  — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 14 May 2023
• After four decades in the business, Ian Schrager still reigns as the king of cool.
  — Ian Malone, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2019
• The reigning rookie of the year won Houston in his first try.
  — Jason McDaniel, Houston Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2018
• Will the South girls continue to reign supreme at state?
  — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2022
• And, across the board, fraught period pieces reign supreme.
  — NBC News, 3 Nov. 2021
• Three of the last four reigning champs have crashed out in the first round — home before the postcards.
  — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 June 2018
• That being said, the camp theme will always reign supreme for me!
  — Christopher Ros, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2021
• There's no doubt about it — Madonna is still the reigning Queen of Pop.
  — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
• In a world where the avant-garde meets the ethereal, Susan Fang reigns supreme.
  — Angela Lei, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
• The reigning state champs had a rough day at the ball park Thursday in Fairbanks.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2018
• Will rats reign supreme for the next round on national TV?
  — Samantha Incorvaia, azcentral, 26 July 2019
• Robinson wanted to do more, but the coaching staff had to reign him in.
  — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
• Monster Mash' once reigned supreme on the Billboard charts.
  — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2019
• Spinoffs reigned supreme on the English-Language TV chart.
  — Breanna Bell, Variety, 23 May 2023
• Bhumibol was the world’s longest-reigning monarch at the time of his death.
  — Sunil Jagtiani, Bloomberg.com, 8 Sep. 2017
• Followed by Swift is Bad Bunny, who has reigned at No. 1 for the past two years.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
• The cocktail servers wear masks now, but free drinks still reign on most casino floors 24 hours a day.
  — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 7 June 2020
• But, they were based on a real rock band that reigned the decade—Fleetwood Mac.
  — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
• Only two things reign over that 66-mile jungle: lethal wildlife and gangs.
  — Paola Ramos, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2021
• Yet, that statement didn’t come out of the mouth of a reigning Bachelorette lead.
  — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 Apr. 2020
• Britain continues to reign supreme in the world of bespoke suiting.
  — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
• For those feeling bad about their necks, Botox can help reign in the ropy platysmal bands that jut out with age.
  — Jolene Edgar, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2017
• The new king could have chosen to reign under a different name.
  — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022
• What, precisely, are the rules of a world in which a Black queen reigns over a British Empire that sanctions the enslavement of Black people?
  — Kabir Chibber, New York Times, 31 Mar. 2024
• In turn, courage indicates a desire to change the situation to one in which diversity reigns.
  — Giuliana Corbo, Forbes, 28 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024