imperial

Example Sentences

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For the British, it was the beginning of the end of their imperial domination of the Middle East.

From BBC

In his will, written shortly before his death in 1821, Napoleon left several imperial keepsakes -- including two of his last hats -- to his son, the King of Rome.

From Barron's

“This leads to the imperial boomerang,” he told me.

From Salon

He has started framing its seizure as the final fulfillment of the 1945 postwar settlement—a victory he notes the U.S. and Chinese people achieved as allies in the defeat of imperial Japan.

From The Wall Street Journal

This is what is known as the “imperial boomerang.”

From Salon