protectorship

Example Sentences

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But by the time of Annie Leibovitz’s protectorship her self-image had changed.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

As she cried he experienced a new sympathy, a delightful sense of protectorship.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

York after a struggle secured the protectorship, and for the next year ruled England.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

A sense of protectorship, tender in its self-reproach, grew upon me—a longing for atonement.

From The Nest, The White Pagoda, The Suicide, A Forsaken Temple, Miss Jones and The Masterpiece by Sedgwick, Anne Douglas

In time, however, the exercise of the muscles cured the revolutionary brain-fag, and the Government was enabled to assume a sort of protectorship over gymnastics.

From Atta Troll by Heine, Heinrich