How to Use royalist in a Sentence

royalist

noun
  • The fado song at the end of the film, which is sung by Paulo Bragança, has clear royalist undertones.
    Martin Dale, Variety, 30 May 2022
  • Harry would also like the royalist side to be a little smarter.
    Amy Davidson Sorkin, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2023
  • This time, the King’s favor had turned against them, and the army and royalist militias were authorized to put down the unrest with lethal force.
    Feliz Solomon / Bangkok, Time, 29 June 2017
  • In France, no politician outside the circle of fringe far-right royalists is supposed to talk about missing the king.
    Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 30 May 2017
  • Scotland is far less royalist than England, with some polls putting support for the monarchy as low as 45%.
    Patrick Smith, NBC News, 19 Sep. 2022
  • French protesters filled the streets and clashed with royalist soldiers, burning down customs posts and looting the city for food and weapons.
    Ryan Prior and Erin Davis, CNN, 13 July 2019
  • As protesters gathered, they were met by lines of royalist groups who had turned out dressed in yellow -- the color of the monarchy.
    Helen Regan, CNN, 14 Oct. 2020
  • Fouché suggested that the royalists had planned the attack, but Napoleon continued to blame the Jacobins.
    National Geographic, 20 Dec. 2019
  • In 1895, Hawaiian royalists tried to regain power for the queen in an armed revolt called the Wilcox Rebellion.
    Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2023
  • After successful quelling a royalist riot in Paris in 1795, Napoleon was given command of the French army.
    Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017
  • After successful quelling a royalist riot in Paris in 1795, Napoleon was given command of the French army.
    Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 20 Apr. 2017
  • In 2018, the royalist call was cried out by someone who threw a cream pie at far-left lawmaker Eric Coquerel.
    BostonGlobe.com, 8 June 2021
  • Piers Morgan, a fierce royalist, ranted on Twitter about the indiscretion of putting a price on a nation’s grief.
    Aurora Almendral, Quartz, 15 Sep. 2022
  • In a rare move for the palace, members of the international press had been invited to sit among crowds of royalist supporters waiting to see the King.
    Jonathan Miller, Kocha Olarn, and Helen Regan, CNN, 1 Nov. 2020
  • In 2018, the royalist call to arms dating to Medieval times was cried out by someone who threw a cream pie at the far-left lawmaker, Eric Coquerel.
    Elaine Ganley, Star Tribune, 9 June 2021
  • The royalists needed an early victory and nearly secured it, but the longer the war lasted, the more the advantage lay with the king’s enemies.
    Allan Massie, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2017
  • This version of Spanish history might have appealed to the royalists, Falangists, and fervent Catholics who were winning the civil war.
    Robert Irwin, The New York Review of Books, 21 Mar. 2019
  • Among many parties, the two biggest are Pheu Thai, rooted in the poor, rural regions in the north and northeast, and Democrat, which is strong among conservatives and royalists in the south and in Bangkok.
    Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2019
  • After the outbreak of civil war, the royalists set up a temporary seat of government in Oxford.
    Richard Davenport-Hines, WSJ, 11 Aug. 2017
  • During this time, royalists like Cavendish were forced to flee to the continent, as their estates were confiscated and their fortunes lost.
    Anne M. Thell, Washington Post, 27 June 2023
  • For the uninitiated, slouchy boots date all the way back to the 17th century—when the Cavaliers, the royalist supporters of King Charles I, sported tall soft leather boots that folded over the ankle.
    Boutayna Chokrane, ELLE, 10 Jan. 2023
  • As Republicans work to consolidate the power of those royalists in the coming months, Democrats should (once again) call for their overthrow.
    Eric Levitz, Daily Intelligencer, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The Crown has a way of turning republicans into royalists.
    Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 21 Nov. 2019
  • Critics weren’t particularly kind, but die-hards (and royalists) liked it well enough.
    Glenn Whipp, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • The three former premiers who’ve expressed interest in the committee have long had connections with the royalist camp.
    Randy Thanthong-Knight, Bloomberg.com, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The court, like the military, is considered a pillar of the country's royalist establishment, and the ultimate bulwark against threats to it.
    Star Tribune, 1 Dec. 2020
  • But that same popularity made Mr. Thaksin, 73, a threat to the conservative establishment: a nexus of Thai royalists; the wealthy and the military; and the Thais who support them.
    Muktita Suhartono, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2023
  • In this part of England, for Saturday at least, everyone was a royalist and romantic.
    Aimee Lewis, CNN, 19 May 2018
  • Along the route of the royal procession, thousands of bleary-eyed onlookers — tourists and homegrown royalists alike — had lined up days in advance to claim a prime viewing spot, camping out with tents, tarps and plastic chairs.
    Laura King, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2023
  • The ongoing pomp of kings and queens and their offspring may be entertaining to American and Chinese tourists, and help sell copies of Hello!, but the royalist fire in the belly is long gone for most Europeans.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2020

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