How to Use emperor in a Sentence
emperor
noun
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Dan Asia points to him like the boy pointing to the emperor.
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Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
24 June 2021
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The emperor’s new clothes have been exposed for the country and the world to see.
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Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
5 July 2024
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The bodies of the emperor and his wife remain interred in the Taj to this day.
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Margot Bigg,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Jan. 2024
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The emperor pleads with us that to try and withhold change is a mistake of the most basic kind.
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Theodore McDarrah,
Forbes,
6 Jan. 2023
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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.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
22 Jan. 2024
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The emperor Claudius once ordered them to be shut down.
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Brigit Katz,
Smithsonian Magazine,
30 Dec. 2020
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But even the most powerful emperor can fly too close to the sun.
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Helen Raleigh,
National Review,
28 Dec. 2020
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And for the viewers sharp-eyed enough to catch it, there’s a god-emperor-has-no-clothes joke tucked into the setting.
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Vulture,
2 Jan. 2023
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And then the rare emperor tamarin monkeys went missing.
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Ed Lavandera,
CNN,
6 Feb. 2023
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The emperor died by suicide as the British overpowered his forces.
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Christopher Parker,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 May 2023
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The group elects an emperor and an empress who serve as fund-raising chairs.
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Jenny Block,
New York Times,
13 Jan. 2023
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The Biden campaign and the White House have done their best to cover up but everyone can see that the emperor has no clothes.
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Letters To The Editor,
The Mercury News,
12 July 2024
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Putin's remarks came during a speech to mark the 350th anniversary of the emperor's birth.
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Landon Mion,
Fox News,
12 June 2022
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That is, until someone points out that the emperor has no clothes and that the dollar no longer has value.
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WSJ,
25 Dec. 2020
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The trees were planted to commemorate the visit of the emperor and empress of Japan in 1994.
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Vanessa Arredondo,
SFChronicle.com,
7 Jan. 2021
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The same process led to emperors from Spain, and, eventually, Libya.
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Christopher Tayler,
Harper's Magazine,
18 Dec. 2023
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But the media can be equally slow to recognize that the emperor has no clothes.
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Walter Shapiro,
The New Republic,
24 May 2022
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In the games, the emperor is actually Shao Kahn, and there's a statue of him spotted in the new trailer.
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Nick Romano,
EW.com,
18 Feb. 2021
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Go for the emperor, a variety of snapper from the Mediterranean Sea.
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Shivani Vora,
Forbes,
1 June 2021
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Few viable routes out of the flames remained, but the emperor and his men managed to make a narrow escape.
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Ellen Wexler,
Smithsonian Magazine,
18 Sep. 2024
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Roman emperors once lived there, and their crumbling fortress walls still wind through the landscape.
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Leif Wenar,
WIRED,
2 Apr. 2024
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The stock market these days might remind some people of that old story about the emperor’s new suit.
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Jj Kinahan,
Forbes,
9 Sep. 2021
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But rather than chat about the pint-size 19th-century French emperor, Scott is here to talk robots.
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Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
18 Mar. 2022
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Natalya comes across the scene and kills Francesca before announcing to all and sundry that the emperor has been murdered.
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Sean T. Collins,
New York Times,
23 Dec. 2024
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The Mughal emperor Humayun chilled summer fruit juice into a frozen sherbet in the mid-1500s.
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Tulasi Srinivas,
The Conversation,
23 Dec. 2020
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The emperor died suddenly at age 36, according to the study.
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Katie Hunt,
CNN,
28 Mar. 2024
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Two emperor tamarin monkeys were stolen from their habitat at the Dallas Zoo last month.
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Bynadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
8 Feb. 2023
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But a growing chorus is pointing out the emperor has no clothes.
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Lee Reiners,
WSJ,
25 May 2021
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China had been an empire until 1911, ruled by emperors from the Forbidden City.
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The New Yorker,
5 Feb. 2025
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Image Image Image Instead of being the reserve of the emperor and his entourage, the grand escalier and the golden grand foyer were for anyone who had a ticket — whether a very expensive season pass or a cheaper evening seat.
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Elliott Verdier,
New York Times,
23 Jan. 2025
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