feudal

Example Sentences

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Ample opportunity exists for anybody to advance in this feudal system, provided that person can impress the right nobility.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

Every spring, Ellison throws a cherry blossom festival party for his friends at his Japanese-style feudal estate in Woodside, Calif.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

When the Song dynasty took over China in the late 10th century, the feudal system that gave aristocrats control of land and peasants in return for military service was breaking down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 29, 2025

The film delved into the loneliness of a woman trapped in a loveless marriage to a philandering, often tyrannical landlord in an opulent yet feudal world.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2025

We learn that things were one way, something happened, and then things were another way: On Monday peasants toiled in the mud for feudal kings.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson