rajah

Example Sentences

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It could be a wedding feast, perhaps, thrown by a rajah to celebrate the marriage of one of his sons — some occasion for which no expense would be spared.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2022

He’s often called the “sultan of sequins, the rajah of rhinestones” and has won numerous Emmy Awards for his designs and been nominated for Academy Awards.

From Washington Times • Apr. 18, 2016

He's often called the "sultan of sequins, the rajah of rhinestones" and has won numerous Emmy Awards for his designs and been nominated for Academy Awards.

From US News • Apr. 18, 2016

Mr. Hübbe may love the choreography but not the plot, for he puts his version in 19th-century India and makes the warrior a British lieutenant, while the rajah becomes a vice consul with a daughter.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2012

“Did not a brave Englishman become a rajah in Borneo, where they are people similar to ours? and is not the name of Rajah Brooke, of Sarawak, held in veneration to this day?”

From One Maid's Mischief by Fenn, George Manville