fealty
Example Sentences
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This fealty to a handful of characters would continue throughout his career, but the result is that the whole of his output feels dull in comparison to his individual works.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
Is it Gloria Swanson’s Norma Desmond, the obscenely wealthy-but-faded star obsessed with comebacks and raining contempt on anyone who doesn’t approach her with abject fealty and admiration?
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 7, 2025
Notably, when pressed on fealty to the current state of Israel, he refused to accept anything short of a state “with equal rights for all.”
From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025
"I really did feel a tremendous loyalty to MI6," the Soviet double agent said, but his over-ruling fealty was to "the other side".
From BBC • Jan. 14, 2025
The upshot was this: it was true that the Squire Semelan controlled this little town and all the land around it, but Semelan owed fealty directly to Greyfallow.
From "The Name of the Wind" by Patrick Rothfuss
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