Sentence examples for absolute ruler from inspiring English sources

Sultan Qaboos, Oman's absolute ruler, is a man of culture.

"He was the absolute ruler," said Mrs Burkheiser.

It is about the politics of despotism, and how you function around an absolute ruler.

But it appears that subjects' needs matter very little to an absolute ruler.

For a period of 19 years (1870 89) he was the absolute ruler of Venezuela.

Sheikh Hasina did not deliberately set out to become an absolute ruler.

He was an absolute ruler of the island, making laws and controlling all employment.

Their demonstrative grief reflects the gulf an absolute ruler leaves behind.

Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran's current absolute ruler, now has an in-tray full of such counsel.

To many, an absolute ruler uniting a plurality of ethnic, religious, and interest groups offered the best hope of justice.

The king is still an absolute ruler, however, and the councils function largely in modest advisory roles at the local level.