How to Use throne in a Sentence
throne
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The new baby will be 13th in the line of succession to the British throne.
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 7 Apr. 2023
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Prince George Prince George, 9, is second in line to the British throne.
—Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2023
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Her younger brother, Crown Prince Haakon, 49, is heir to the throne.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 10 Nov. 2022
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The monarch was a pillar of British life during her 70 years on the throne.
—Washington Post Staff, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
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And, for the first time in most of our lifetimes, a king ascended to the British throne.
—Elise Taylor, Vogue, 7 Sep. 2023
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He was chosen to be one of the godfathers to Prince William, heir to the British throne.
—Niki Kitsantonis, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2023
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This Frederik will be the 10th King Frederik to sit on the Danish throne.
—Karla Adam, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
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Crown Prince Christian is now the 18-year-old heir to Denmark's throne.
—Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
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Monét has more than earned her throne beneath the spotlight.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 4 Feb. 2024
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In 1306, he was involved in the murder of his rival for the Scottish throne, John Comyn, and then seized the crown.
—Elizabeth Waddington, Treehugger, 25 Aug. 2023
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Prince of Wales has been given to the heir apparent to the English throne since the early 1300s.
—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 15 Feb. 2024
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The 18-year-old heir to the Greek throne made an unexpected friend at the Zoo during his trip.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2023
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At 73, on the death of his mother, Charles became the oldest person to accede to the British throne.
—Peter Ross, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Apr. 2023
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In doing so, their nine-year-old son, Prince George, became second-in-line to the throne.
—Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Glamour, 9 Jan. 2023
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Charles is the oldest person to ever assume the British throne.
—Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 17 Jan. 2024
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And that one, by accent of birth, is in line to throne, and the crown lands on their head, not on the sibling’s head, and what’s that duty to you?
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Dec. 2023
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Witch hazel has been a skin-care staple since Queen Victoria was on the throne.
—Taylore Glynn, Allure, 20 Dec. 2022
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God does not speak, sit on a throne, stretch out an arm, rest or become angry.
—Randy L. Friedman, The Conversation, 16 Feb. 2024
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The next year, Constantine was named heir to the throne when his father became King Paul I.
—Town & Country, 10 Jan. 2023
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The children will keep their place in the succession after their father, who is sixth in line to the throne.
—Brie Stimson | Fox News, Fox News, 5 Jan. 2023
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Prince Joachim, who is sixth in line to the throne, is now relocating his family to the U.S. in 2023.
—Town & Country, 5 Dec. 2022
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Will that continue in Season 2, or will the successor to the Lakers throne be up in the air?
—Keith Nelson, Men's Health, 6 Aug. 2023
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All three children follow their father in the line of succession to the British throne.
—Michael Stillwell, Town & Country, 9 July 2023
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After all, the young prince is second in the line of succession to the British throne behind his father!
—Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 12 Dec. 2023
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With the canopy up, the single seat acts as a throne for the driver, who straps in with Polestar's signature gold seatbelts.
—Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 5 Sep. 2023
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Then, in 1332 B.C.E., Tutankhamun ascended the throne at the age of eight or nine to preside over a nation in upheaval.
—Zach Zorich, Scientific American, 4 Nov. 2022
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One detail that will follow her to the city, however, is her Queen of Versailles throne.
—Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
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Liliʻuokalani stands next to the Hawaiian throne, with adornments that speak to her royal status.
—Kate C. Lemay, Smithsonian Magazine, 17 July 2023
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The baby will be third in the line of succession to the Bhutanese throne, but if the baby is a girl, she could be bumped down by any future younger brothers.
—Town & Country, 14 June 2023
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The duo were seen being carried on thrones and also photographed greeting children behind a cage-like metal fence.
—Louis Staples, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2024
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