How to Use regency in a Sentence

regency

noun
  • The people supported the regency.
  • Peace was restored during the regency.
  • Herman Suherman, the head of Cianjur regency, said the death toll reached 56 as of Monday evening.
    Firman Taufiq and Edna Tarigan, USA TODAY, 21 Nov. 2022
  • In July of 1507, Juana handed over the regency of Castile to her father.
    Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 10 June 2019
  • At the waistline, which was cut slightly high, was a belt with a long sash made of blush pink satin accented with a regency buckle of paste stones.
    Sue Strachan, NOLA.com, 22 Feb. 2018
  • The decor ranges from Hollywood regency to space age to ultra modern.
    Danielle Fox, ELLE Decor, 17 Apr. 2018
  • The cast, which is usually all white in these kinds of period shows, is mixed — as if regency England and the colonies had all mixed together.
    Shirley Ngozi Nwangwa, New York Times, 4 Oct. 2022
  • Two audacious, buck-the-rules queens plunked into the stuffy confines of the regency-era TV romance — what could possibly go wrong?
    Sarah L. Kaufman, Washington Post, 29 Aug. 2022
  • Today This tropical pattern is ideal for a regency look or as an accent to pair with stripes and solids.
    Shivani Vyas, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Everything in there was from some French regency hotel.
    Ryan Reed, SPIN, 21 Mar. 2022
  • At the secret ball, guests will don regency garb, choose a title, and enter the Bridgerton family's social circle.
    Annie Goldsmith, Town & Country, 28 June 2021
  • For those wondering, regency romances take place around the early 1800s.
    BostonGlobe.com, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Donggala is a sprawling regency that sits on both sides of a narrow bay, where the shores were devastated by tsunami waves as high as 6 meters (almost 20 feet).
    Tatan Syuflana, The Seattle Times, 3 Oct. 2018
  • With coronavirus restrictions still in place, the regency romance with Jane Austen-like storytelling and soapy drama was a stay-at-home fix — a little steam to heat up the long, cold winter.
    Brittany Anas, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
  • Fearful of meeting the same fate, Antoine readily yielded the regency to Catherine.
    Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022
  • Penelope Featherington, from Bridgerton with this yellow ball gown fit for the regency era.
    Olivia Evans, Women's Health, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Being stubborn as a donkey and also the patron of one, like an eccentric dowager in a regency novel, primed me for what was to come: Sad-Donkey Autumn 2022.
    Hannah Strong, Vulture, 27 Oct. 2022
  • This continued throughout his regency, which lasted until his father died in 1820, after which he was crowned George IV.
    Phil Boucher, PEOPLE.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The only time a regency has been instituted was for George III who was deemed mentally incapable of carrying out the duties of state.
    Simon Perry, PEOPLE.com, 10 May 2022
  • The program, in Cianjur regency, West Java, is part of the district's effort to increase the number of vaccines administered to citizens age 45 and over.
    Amy Sood, CNN, 17 June 2021
  • It’s been great to see that audience really embrace the experience, bringing the live music, that regency era and then breaking down the hurdles.
    Selome Hailu, Variety, 25 May 2022
  • Islamic State also tried to establish a ministate of its own in the Indonesian regency of Poso, on Sulawesi island, in 2015.
    Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 7 June 2018
  • The disaster, among the deadliest in the sport’s history, occurred Saturday night at a packed stadium in East Java’s Malang regency.
    Dave Sebastian, WSJ, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Like that regency-era show, Mr. Malcolm’s List serves up its gilded rituals and lessons in love and friendship with a multiracial and multicultural showcase.
    Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 June 2022
  • The details of Ahhotep’s regency are sketchy in places (and there is still considerable confusion over her and her son’s relationship with another queen named Ahhotep II).
    National Geographic, 7 Mar. 2019
  • The regencies of Donggala, Sigi and Parigi Moutong — with a combined population of 1.2 million — had yet to be fully assessed.
    Niniek Karmini, The Seattle Times, 1 Oct. 2018
  • Ultimately, there are three people of colour in this love story, which period and regency-era dramas rarely represent.
    Alicia Vrajlal, refinery29.com, 16 Nov. 2022
  • From midcentury modern and regency to coastal, interior design styles offer a point of identification for a space—and an easy way to define your own style.
    Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 14 Oct. 2022
  • Up your Cottagecore game with a set linen cocktail napkins featuring regency-era accessories like a parasol, a fan, and some pointy-toe shoes, all in Bridgerton's signature pastel palette.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 4 Mar. 2022
  • Even divine-right monarchies had their tactful regencies and pragmatic sanctions.
    Helen Andrews, National Review, 18 Dec. 2017

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