Example Sentences

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At last White has succeeded in guarding his rear, and it seems as if Black could not any longer prevent the Pawn from Queening.

From Chess and Checkers : the Way to Mastership by Lasker, Edward

Winter Queening is a durable Apple, and makes good Cider.

From A New Voyage to Carolina, containing the exact description and natural history of that country; together with the present state thereof; and a journal of a thousand miles, travel'd thro' several nations of Indians; giving a particular account of their customs, manners, etc. by Lawson, John

Queening it from her pillows Judith looked quite Romanesque, with Jane perched on a cretonne pedestal above the divan's level, waving her riding crop regally.

From Jane Allen, Junior by Bancroft, Edith

White can capture the Pawn, but if he does so, he will not, when Queening, command the square where Black will also Queen his Pawn.

From Chess Fundamentals by Capablanca, José Raúl