Sentence examples similar to they were lord from inspiring English sources

or their sorrows, for sorrow was theirs, they were lords of sorrow.

The defendants, too, are surprisingly ordinary, deprived of whatever strut and menace they had when they were lords of the Balkans.

He warned that banks, railroads and steel companies had grown so huge that they were lording it over the nation's economic and political life.

The title k'inich translates to "red-faced", and is a reference to the settlement's rulers' belief that they were lords of the sun.

The d'Abbetot family settled mostly in Worcester where they were lords of Hindlip (Hind Leap), 20 mile from Worcester, for 200 years holding the manor for a knight's fee, that is, the service of an armed knight in the event of war.

(And, you can explain to your older kids, if they're lording it over their younger siblings, that they've found a good way to kill the spirit of giving, and they'd better cut it out). If this continues to be a problem, you can consider subsidizing the younger kids.

Fundamentalists don't know how to read stories — including those in the Bible — metaphorically, as if they were Lord Asriel's imaginary numbers.

Talking to the guys at the ground on Tuesday they were saying: "Lord's is a very special place".

Against that must be weighed the fact that Australia are playing at home, that they bat deep, with such terrific strikers of the ball as Glenn Maxwell and James Faulkner set to bat in the bottom half, and that they have been lording it over India since November last year when the India team landed on their shores for a Test series followed by a one-day tri-series.

We were lords of the universe in video games.

And I think they are... TA: Was Lord of the Flies a big influence?