Sentence examples for king from inspiring English sources
The word "king" is correct and usable in written English
You can use it when referring to a male royal ruler or someone who holds a dominant position within a group or organization. For example, "The king of the castle waved to his subjects from the balcony."
noun
A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy. If it's an absolute monarchy, then he is the supreme ruler of his nation.
- Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
The king has also told Bismarck and King Wilhelm that he would like Denmark to be incorporated into the German Confederation to save his people further harm.
Barry Townsley, a stockbroker who lent £1m; Sir David Garrard, a property developer who lent £2.3m; Chai Patel, head of the Priory Clinics, who lent £1.5m; and Sir Gulam Noon, the so-called "curry king", who lent £250,000.
Along the way he became king of the lads: a poster boy for hedonism but with traces of street poet.
Job: presenter, BBC Radio 2 Age: 46 Industry: broadcasting New entry The king is dead – long live the king?
The plan had been to return like a king, with enough money to buy a boat, house, car and to send his children to good schools.
The underlying issue, therefore, is the rival claims of king and would-be caliph.
Dean Richards, Newcastle's director of rugby, had a king-sized rant after the match at the decision by the referee, Greg Garner, to show yellow cards five minutes before the end to his lock Josh Furno and the London Irish flanker Jebb Sinclair.
He had the king-sized bed, the big TV, the marble bathroom.
The villa is located in a large orchard of cherry trees, and the play is scattered with references both to Chekhov's The Cherry Orchard and to Shakespeare's King Lear, two plays which also deal with the loss of power.
Perhaps my favourite of the lot is the clip below of King Krule, which captures the singer at 14 entering a Glastonbury unsigned artists competition.
Abdullah's succession as Saudi Arabia's sixth monarch resulted from his father King Abdulaziz ibn Saud's strategy of marrying the daughters and widows of defeated enemies.
