Sentence examples for had almost royal from inspiring English sources

For Detroit, the wedding had almost royal connotations.

Just when the royal family had almost convinced us they are ordinary human beings from the 21st century – and, crucially, using the younger royals to do it – along comes Prince George at the christening of his younger sister, Charlotte, resplendent in an extraordinary red knickerbockers and white embroidered chemise combo.

While royal rule, as legitimized by blood descent, had almost vanished as an effective principle of government in the modern world, monocracy a term that comprehends the rule of non-Western royal absolutists, of generals and strongmen in Latin America and Asia, of a number of leaders in postcolonial Africa, and of the totalitarian heads of communist states still flourished.

Sutcliff, tellingly, has those black chariot ponies – "these lovely, fiery little creatures" – descended from the royal stables of the Iceni, the tribe who had almost cast Rome out of Britain.

The A.P. said that its live stream had almost two million unique visitors during the funeral, the most ever for AP Live, far surpassing the British royal wedding last year.

The Royals as an organization hadn't made it to the playoffs in 29 years, had almost no players on their roster with post season experience, and also barely made the playoffs themselves.

(Locke had almost three thousand).

Over the years, Mr. Graham has created gardens for the producer John Goldwyn (who has an almost royal surname in this city) and the actress Jennifer Garner, among others.

His brother, Richard M. Daley, is departing after six terms as mayor of Chicago, where his family has an almost royal status.

Enormous quantities, for example, of goldsmiths' work owned by the French royal family have almost entirely vanished.

Swindon Evening Advertiser Just in time A Hinckley man has almost completed work on a royal clock he has been building for the past 18 years and which plays the national anthem.