British Empire

Example Sentences

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This wasn’t a partition under the aegis of the British Empire: It happened 24 years after the British left.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

The stolen items were from the collection of the former British Empire & Commonwealth Museum, which was donated to the Bristol Museum after its liquidation in 2013.

From BBC • Jan. 29, 2026

The family history is enmeshed with the British Empire.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025

He was made a Commander of the British Empire in 2002 and knighted in 2015 for his public service, "particularly to the Church of England".

From BBC • Dec. 1, 2025

In the long run, the evolution of an independent American nation, gradually developing its political and economic strength over the nineteenth century within the protective constraints of the British Empire, was probably inevitable.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis