How to Use sultan in a Sentence

sultan

noun

• The Israeli state had replaced the sultan, but the effect was the same.
  — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
• The Nabila was seized by the sultan of Brunei in 1987 for an unpaid loan.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 6 June 2017
• To boat down the Bosphorus like the sultan to you deserve to be treated like.
  — Breanna Wilson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
• What a pleasure to cook for oneself and know Scheherazade need not please the sultan.
  — Cj Hauser, Bon Appétit, 6 July 2022
• Bosworth was to play Jack Thornton, the hero who outwits the sultan and wins the heart of the helpless heroine.
  — Longreads, 15 May 2018
• The sultan then felt that plots were brewing to topple him.
  — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
• There’s still debate on whether the sultan leased or ceded the area of Sabah under the agreement.
  — Andreo Calonzo, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• In fact, in the film the sultan only sees her face in a mirror, shrouded by incense smoke.
  — Author: Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2018
• Babe Ruth is forever the sultan, the king emeritus, the one who built the castle.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2022
• But for all of their contempt, Egyptian rulers have become mendicants at the feet of the kings, emirs and sultans of the Gulf.
  — The Economist, 21 June 2018
• The image is that of young preppy sultans in a harem of Junior Leaguers.
  — William Stadiem, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2016
• The image is that of young preppy sultans in a harem of Junior Leaguers.
  — William Stadiem, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2016
• But in January a new sultan, Haitham bin Tariq, took over.
  — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2020
• But the customs of this city are under attack—by the sultan himself.
  — The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
• Twins’ DH just couldn’t beat out that sultan of swat: Robbie Grossman.
  — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2017
• Catherine sends the sultan a carriage full of gold bullion.
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• The city’s sultans of finance sat next to the underemployed.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2023
• The sultan accepts his gifts, but marries his daughter to the vizier’s son anyway.
  — National Geographic, 23 May 2019
• The sultan denied it, and Mr. Fayed, who was not accused of wrongdoing, called the report a smear.
  — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
• The overthrown King Kampila Raya is beheaded, and his head is filled with straw and sent to Delhi for the amusement of the sultan.
  — Avantika Shankar, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2023
• The sultan sends a note to Catherine agreeing to discuss a way forward for their two nations.
  — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021
• To celebrate the demise of the Saudi state and the liberation of the two holy mosques, the Ottoman sultan even released debtors from jail across his realm.
  — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2018
• But the move and the reaction to it highlighted the challenge Oman’s new sultan faces to reform the economy.
  — Verity Ratcliffe, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2020
• Claiming no favorites, Zeffirelli once likened himself to a sultan with a harem of three: film, theater and opera.
  — NBC News, 15 June 2019
• The sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, is one of the most powerful national leaders in the world.
  — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
• Finally, the sultan of sprinkles, the colossus of cream, the prince of pastry breaks into laughter.
  — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• The sultan was believed to have been in poor health and traveled to Belgium for what the court described as a medical checkup last month.
  — Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
• Egypt’s president vowed to send aid as well, as did Oman’s sultan and Tunisia’s president.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
• In July of 1970, Qaboos confronted the sultan at the royal palace in Muscat.
  — Shawn Tully, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2024
• The sultans of media and tech will break out their windbreakers and puffy vests for Allen & Co.’s annual Sun Valley conference next month.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 19 June 2024

Last Updated: 17 Dec 2024