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

Last Updated: 14 Sep 2024