throne
Example Sentences
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Maskell said Andrew should also be stripped of his succession rights to the throne, as well as a councillor of state.
From BBC
Groomed from birth to inherit the throne, Pahlavi was 18 years old when the 1979 Islamic revolution swept away his father's monarchy.
From BBC
There is no computer automation and anything that moves is moved manually, said associate director Jenny Slattery, pointing out the theater’s antiquated hand winches that control a mobile throne.
From Los Angeles Times
The pre-Virgilian sources suggest that Dido’s brother, Pygmalion, killed her husband and usurped the throne.
She’s fully asleep on her velvet throne, whiskers twitching occasionally.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
