emperor

Example Sentences

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George Washington once reflected on this distinction, saying, "I had rather be on my farm than be emperor of the world."

From Salon

Around the same time, physician Thomas Moffett was eager to write about the blood red turnips he had eaten in Prague, which were so "delicate" that the emperor himself grew them.

From Salon

The statue of the emperor, which was on loan to the Met from a Swiss lender, is one of three items from the museum that are being returned to Turkey.

From New York Times

New releases: A Mozambican emperor, Nazi face transplants and more in these new books.

From New York Times

On the couple’s 10-year anniversary, they helicoptered to the emperor penguin colony on Snow Hill Island, then to a tubular iceberg where the client finally proposed.

From Washington Post