throne

Example Sentences

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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.

From The Wall Street Journal

She’s fully asleep on her velvet throne, whiskers twitching occasionally.

From Literature

To his right was what looked like a throne carved out of stone surrounded by bare thornbushes.

From Literature

Jones said McSweeney was perceived "by a lot of MPs as the power behind the throne" and "whispering into his ear".

From BBC