Example Sentences

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With many outgoing prime ministers in their final days often rewarding or knighting members of their loyal staff, perhaps a chance to repair the relationship still remains.

From BBC • Jul. 24, 2019

Yes, he was very sweet to Brienne, especially in that impromptu knighting ceremony, and yes, it was nice to see the Lannister brothers make up after letting Cersei come between them one too many times.

From Slate • Apr. 22, 2019

It was only after she was told that people thought her insane that she backed down on knighting him in 1897, the year of her diamond jubilee.

From The Guardian • Sep. 10, 2017

But if understood in the context of his career, Erickson’s white knighting becomes only superficially out of character.

From Salon • Aug. 11, 2015

The knighting took place in a whirl of preparations.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White