coronet

Example Sentences

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On its bend-and-twist miles, principally between the Cahuenga and Sepulveda passes, are a coronet of houses as handsome and costly as jewels, atop slopes and canyons.

From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2022

Carroll enjoys playing the coronet and goes on limited outings a couple of times a week.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2020

Her hair, a spiky coronet, stands on end as if permanently electrified by the brain beneath.

From The Guardian • Jan. 15, 2017

A sapphire and diamond coronet given to Queen Victoria by her beloved husband Albert has been placed under a temporary export bar, preventing it from being taken abroad.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2016

Every single badge and sash and coronet was thrown off at once and trampled contemptuously underfoot, to be forgotten in a moment.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman