How to Use kingship in a Sentence

kingship

noun
  • He has all the traits required for kingship.
  • The timing is awkward for Charles, who is in the very early days of his kingship.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Like the would-be pride of the Royal Navy, Charles has also been fated to linger close to port rather than taking to the high seas of kingship.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2022
  • The story is of Seretse Khama, heir to the kingship of an African people, who was attending school in Britain during the late 1940s.
    — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2017
  • The god Lugh is the one most associated with kingship in Ireland, says Lehane.
    — CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • In ancient Mesopotamia, the lion was regarded as a symbol of kingship.
    — Andrew Katz, TIME.com, 17 July 2017
  • The backbone of these docs is ITN’s extensive royal archive that goes back 65 years to an age of kingship and royal stiff upper lips.
    — Steve Clarke, Variety, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Throwing over a kingship was only the beginning of his folly.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 27 June 2022
  • Apparently Varys swapped the real Aegon in King's Landing with a peasant baby to keep him safe and train him for kingship.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2017
  • After the family’s return, the young Leka fashioned for himself a course in kingship.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Simba is being trained to take over his father's kingship when Mufasa passes and is betrothed to a lioness named Nala.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2018
  • Simba is being trained to take over his father's kingship when Mufasa passes and is betrothed to a lioness named Nala.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2018
  • Fittingly, the laws are accompanied by words and images making clear the divine provenance of his kingship.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2020
  • Tragically, during the kingship, there was rarely any unity.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Finally, the very idea of kingship itself was fabricated.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Finally, the very idea of kingship itself was fabricated.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Finally, the very idea of kingship itself was fabricated.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Finally, the very idea of kingship itself was fabricated.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Being at such pains required constant travel, a point that Mr. Parker stresses to illustrate the nature of Renaissance kingship.
    — William Anthony Hay, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • Being at such pains required constant travel, a point that Mr. Parker stresses to illustrate the nature of Renaissance kingship.
    — William Anthony Hay, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • In the Sumerian tradition, kingship isn’t tied to a permanent capital.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2021
  • Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
  • With all of its complexities, kingship has positive features.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The same Yehuda who had relinquished leadership when giving away his ei’ravon to Tamar assumes leadership by declaring his readiness to be the arev, becoming the worthy forerunner of Israel’s kingship.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 21 Dec. 2020
  • Born the outcast son of a Zulu king, his unlikely rise to power and ultimate accomplishment of uniting multiple tribes across vast stretches of Africa in the early 19th century pushed his kingship to become legend.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Ostrich eggs are displayed as symbols of kingship, resurrection, and safekeeping.
    — National Geographic, 4 Feb. 2020

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