Sentence examples for reign nothing from inspiring English sources

So is Queen Elizabeth's reign nothing more than a 50-year accessories story, the saga of a woman who rules because of some sensational headwear?

A little later, the downbeat final years of Charles II's reign did nothing to dampen the spirits of Rose Tremain's Merivel: a man of his time (Chatto & Windus, £18.99) – a sort of sequel to her Restoration, and equally delicious in the voice of its brazen softie of an anti-hero.

Little is known of Beonna's life or his reign, as nothing in written form has survived from this period of East Anglian history.

Simon Keynes argued that "the consistent usages of Edgar's reign represent nothing less than a determined reaffirmation of the polity created by Æthelstan in the 930s".

Robert's career before and after he succeeded to the throne is described by Donaldson as "to say the least, undistinguished, and his reign did nothing to add lustre to it".

For Allin, rock 'n' roll translated as "no rules", a place where nihilism reigned supreme and nothing was taboo.

Good blue-collar jobs are hard to come by in Kinston, where tobacco and textiles reigned, then vanished, nothing has taken their place, and unemployment always seems to get worse.

The toothless advisory body that the emir created in place of parliament has done nothing to reign in the security forces.

These despots elevated their sons to preserve their reigns, but there is nothing remotely appealing or enviable about their thuggish regimes or brutal falls.

Instead of legislating through some semblance of compromise, which admittedly would have riled his base beyond imagination, he opted to reign over a do-nothing congress and bent to the reckless tactics of brinkmanship.

"His reign should be marked by nothing radical," said Mr. Clifford of Deutsche Bank.