Sentence examples for ask for tribute from inspiring English sources

When an envoy of Kublai Khan, Meng Ch'i (or Meng K'i), arrived in Java in 1289 to ask for tribute, Kertanagara refused to pay.

After al-Ma'mun, fearing for his safety, refused, al-Amin began to interfere with his brother's domain: he protested al-Ma'mun's pardon to Ibn al-Layth after his surrender and asked for tribute from the governors of the western provinces of Khurasan as a sign of submission.

The impersonators, the costumes, the clip compilations were fun but you couldn't ask for a better tribute to Hopper than the collective gasp that rose from the audience when Frank turned the corner to confront us.

"So tell me, what was your favorite dish?" she'll ask, waiting for tribute.

A pensioner, lucky enough to have witnessed far better Liverpool teams than the current captain has ever played in, choked up when asked for a tribute by a television reporter outside Anfield.

In return ask for some form of tribute.

Such was the hysteria that greeted his triumph over the British that he could have had any tribute he cared to ask for -- a kingship, a lavish life pension, his own Blenheim Palace on the Potomac.

The younger Mr. Bush used his remarks to pay tribute to "the best father anyone could ever ask for".

Pedestrians on the street may ask for money to donate to the war effort and there are dozens of sites paying tribute to revolutionaries who died in the 2014 Euromaidan protests.

I returned to an installation that presents a sublime tribute to the vision of a man who completed the big project that he started and didn't ask for applause; but it came nonetheless.

She has asked for privacy, and paid tribute to him in a private post on Facebook.