How to Use emperor in a Sentence
emperor
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The stock market these days might remind some people of that old story about the emperor’s new suit.
— Jj Kinahan, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2021 -
Lucius, who is later proclaimed emperor, orders Aaron be buried up to his chest and left to die.
— New York Times, 19 Aug. 2021 -
Bought from that house by an anonymous collector, it was not known by either of those parties to have belonged to the French emperor.
— Guy Martin, Forbes, 6 Sep. 2021 -
There are various plots to overthrow the emperors and either wrest control and put the empire in the hands of a single man or return Rome to its days as a republic.
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 20 Nov. 2024 -
As the legend goes, Kyselak's tagging didn't go unnoticed, and he was eventually ordered to see the emperor, who told him to stop.
— Chadner Navarro, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Sep. 2021 -
The emperor of Japan, Naruhito, officially declared the Games open.
— New York Times, 24 Aug. 2021 -
Today’s public architecture often takes place on a scale that would make an emperor blush; instead of enfolding humans a few at a time, giant buildings manage throngs.
— Justin Davidson, Curbed, 23 Sep. 2021 -
Macrinus was the slave of Marcus Aurelius, marked by the emperor’s brand on his flesh, who built himself up to nothing, crafting a new name and persona for himself.
— Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Nov. 2024 -
The emperor’s new clothes have been exposed for the country and the world to see.
— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 July 2024 -
The bodies of the emperor and his wife remain interred in the Taj to this day.
— Margot Bigg, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2024 -
The emperor pleads with us that to try and withhold change is a mistake of the most basic kind.
— Theodore McDarrah, Forbes, 6 Jan. 2023 -
Shame on any of them who don’t have the courage to stand beside Liz Cheney and tell the truth — the emperor wears no clothes.
— Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024 -
And for the viewers sharp-eyed enough to catch it, there’s a god-emperor-has-no-clothes joke tucked into the setting.
— Vulture, 2 Jan. 2023 -
And then the rare emperor tamarin monkeys went missing.
— Ed Lavandera, CNN, 6 Feb. 2023 -
The emperor died by suicide as the British overpowered his forces.
— Christopher Parker, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 May 2023 -
The group elects an emperor and an empress who serve as fund-raising chairs.
— Jenny Block, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023 -
The Biden campaign and the White House have done their best to cover up but everyone can see that the emperor has no clothes.
— Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 12 July 2024 -
Putin's remarks came during a speech to mark the 350th anniversary of the emperor's birth.
— Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 June 2022 -
The same process led to emperors from Spain, and, eventually, Libya.
— Christopher Tayler, Harper's Magazine, 18 Dec. 2023 -
But the media can be equally slow to recognize that the emperor has no clothes.
— Walter Shapiro, The New Republic, 24 May 2022 -
Few viable routes out of the flames remained, but the emperor and his men managed to make a narrow escape.
— Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Sep. 2024 -
Roman emperors once lived there, and their crumbling fortress walls still wind through the landscape.
— Leif Wenar, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024 -
But rather than chat about the pint-size 19th-century French emperor, Scott is here to talk robots.
— Dalton Ross, EW.com, 18 Mar. 2022 -
The emperor died suddenly at age 36, according to the study.
— Katie Hunt, CNN, 28 Mar. 2024 -
Two emperor tamarin monkeys were stolen from their habitat at the Dallas Zoo last month.
— Bynadine El-Bawab, ABC News, 8 Feb. 2023 -
This tomb was built in the early 15th century for the Mughal emperor Jahangir.
— Sarah Choi, ELLE Decor, 4 Mar. 2022 -
The lemurs, whose names have not been announced, aren’t the only new primates at the zoo: On Wednesday, the zoo announced the birth of twin emperor tamarin monkeys on March 29.
— Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 21 Apr. 2023 -
Two emperor tamarin monkeys missing from the Dallas Zoo were found Tuesday, the zoo said.
— Andi Babineau, CNN, 31 Jan. 2023 -
At its center sits the mausoleum of Augustus, the nephew of Julius Caesar and the first Roman emperor, who ruled for four decades.
— Liam Hess, Vogue, 5 July 2023 -
The emperor's son is enraged when he is passed over as heir in favour of his father's favourite general.
— Travis Bean, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2022
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