Sentence examples for ruler were from inspiring English sources

But he maintained his view that the "efficiency and stability" of an autocratic ruler were more important to China at that point than "liberty and popular government".

The appeals, which are thought to have originated in the 16th-century legal system of Portugal, Brazil's former colonial ruler, were abolished there in the 1930s.

The Yamato kings (called kimi and written with the appropriated Chinese characters for "great ruler") were centred around Mount Miwa, the object of worship.

The pictures of Job's tomb, a spring near Salalah and a roadside cafe menu with a picture of Sultan Qaboos bin Said al Said, Oman's ruler, were taken by Mark Vanhoenacker, the author.

And just in case anybody in the Miami locker room needed reassuring, blue paper strips the length of a child's ruler were placed on each player's cushioned cubicle before the game.

Hyperbolic expressions of satisfaction and delight with the ruler were intended to bolster the ruler's sense of self-esteem; this goal, the poet hoped, would not only illustrate the prestige of the Muslim community as a whole but also, on a more practical level, encourage the presentation of largesse to the poet.

The ruler is 'the Supreme Leader'.

Bold Ruler was the winner.

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

Robert Guei, a former military ruler, was also killed.

The days of the tsar and his ruler are over.