How to Use sultan in a Sentence

sultan

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  • The Nabila was seized by the sultan of Brunei in 1987 for an unpaid loan.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 6 June 2017
  • To boat down the Bosphorus like the sultan to you deserve to be treated like.
    — Breanna Wilson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • What a pleasure to cook for oneself and know Scheherazade need not please the sultan.
    — Cj Hauser, Bon Appétit, 6 July 2022
  • Bosworth was to play Jack Thornton, the hero who outwits the sultan and wins the heart of the helpless heroine.
    — Longreads, 15 May 2018
  • The sultan then felt that plots were brewing to topple him.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • There’s still debate on whether the sultan leased or ceded the area of Sabah under the agreement.
    — Andreo Calonzo, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • In fact, in the film the sultan only sees her face in a mirror, shrouded by incense smoke.
    — Author: Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2018
  • Babe Ruth is forever the sultan, the king emeritus, the one who built the castle.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2022
  • But for all of their contempt, Egyptian rulers have become mendicants at the feet of the kings, emirs and sultans of the Gulf.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • The image is that of young preppy sultans in a harem of Junior Leaguers.
    — William Stadiem, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2016
  • The image is that of young preppy sultans in a harem of Junior Leaguers.
    — William Stadiem, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2016
  • But in January a new sultan, Haitham bin Tariq, took over.
    — The Economist, 22 Aug. 2020
  • But the customs of this city are under attack—by the sultan himself.
    — The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
  • Twins’ DH just couldn’t beat out that sultan of swat: Robbie Grossman.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 2 Apr. 2017
  • Catherine sends the sultan a carriage full of gold bullion.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The city’s sultans of finance sat next to the underemployed.
    — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 5 Aug. 2023
  • The sultan accepts his gifts, but marries his daughter to the vizier’s son anyway.
    — National Geographic, 23 May 2019
  • The sultan denied it, and Mr. Fayed, who was not accused of wrongdoing, called the report a smear.
    — Robert D. McFadden, New York Times, 1 Sep. 2023
  • The overthrown King Kampila Raya is beheaded, and his head is filled with straw and sent to Delhi for the amusement of the sultan.
    — Avantika Shankar, Vogue, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The sultan sends a note to Catherine agreeing to discuss a way forward for their two nations.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021
  • To celebrate the demise of the Saudi state and the liberation of the two holy mosques, the Ottoman sultan even released debtors from jail across his realm.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2018
  • But the move and the reaction to it highlighted the challenge Oman’s new sultan faces to reform the economy.
    — Verity Ratcliffe, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2020
  • Claiming no favorites, Zeffirelli once likened himself to a sultan with a harem of three: film, theater and opera.
    — NBC News, 15 June 2019
  • The sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, is one of the most powerful national leaders in the world.
    — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • Finally, the sultan of sprinkles, the colossus of cream, the prince of pastry breaks into laughter.
    — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The sultan was believed to have been in poor health and traveled to Belgium for what the court described as a medical checkup last month.
    — Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Egypt’s president vowed to send aid as well, as did Oman’s sultan and Tunisia’s president.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Dine like a sultan at a Turkish restaurant that recreates menus from the Ottoman Empire.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • When the sultan fell, most of his ministers did, too, and Zeki Pasa went into exile.
    — Bloomberg.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • If a deal makes, Kenzari will play Jafar, the vizier to the sultan of the city who wants to use the genie for his own nefarious plan of taking power.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2017

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