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How to use king in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

King means a male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation. Example: “Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.”

Examples of king by meaning

nounA male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.

  • Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.
  • Charles the third became the new king of England from 2022.

nounThe monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.

  • Hatshepsut was ruling as a king, not queen and she needed to be recognised as such.2009, Charlotte Booth, “Hatshepsut”, in The Curse of the Mummy and Other Mysteries of Ancient Egypt, Oneworld Publications, →ISBN, page 93

nounA powerful or majorly influential person; someone who holds the preeminent position.

  • Howard Stern styled himself as the "king of all media".
  • The colossus of science was not the first king of reason, Keynes wrote after reading Newton’s unpublished manuscripts.2014 June 21, “Magician’s brain”, in The Economist, volume 411, number 8892, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2025

nounSomething that has a preeminent position.

  • In times of financial panic, cash is king.

nounA man worthy of respect.

  • I'm sure you got the job, king.

nounA king-sized bed.

  • Try asking for a king-size bed next time because kings are usually firmer.2002, Scott W. Donkin, Gerard Meyer, Peak Performance: Body and Mind, page 119

nounA king skin.

  • Oi mate, have you got kings?

verbTo crown king, to make (a person) king.

  • One narrative is the kinging and unkinging of Macbeth; the other narrative is the attack on Banquo's line and that line's eventual accession and supposed Jacobean survival through Malcolm's successful counter-attack on Macbeth.2008, William Shakespeare, edited by A. R. Braunmuller, Macbeth, Introduction, page 24

More sentences with king

  • We gave three deals of grain in tribute to the king.From the entry deal
  • King John cast his predecessor in a negative light to deflect criticism of his own questionable decisions.From the entry cast
  • The king designed to mount an expedition to the New World.From the entry design
  • King John went to battle with ten thousand foot and one thousand horse.From the entry foot
  • King Henry I is said to have died of a surfeit of lampreys.From the entry surfeit
  • The king endeavored to fly his nation's flag over new territories.From the entry fly
  • The power of life and death is vested in the king, or in the courts.From the entry vest
  • They played a short fanfare to announce the arrival of the king.From the entry fanfare
  • King Charles III’s coronation is to be much less elaborate compared to his mother’s.From the entry coronation
  • Frederick, Prince of Wales, predeceased his father and never became king.From the entry predecease
  • The king sufficed his army with food and weapons before the great battle.From the entry suffice
  • Jill's hand was two pair, aces and sevens, with a king kicker.From the entry kicker
  • If the Duke arms himself for war, the king will not sit by idly!From the entry arms
  • The despotic king dissolved the parliament, and took personal control of the country.From the entry despotic
  • The king called on his subjects to take up arms and defend the kingdom.From the entry call on
  • King should feel a bit hard done by after being replaced in the team.From the entry hard done by
  • This self-styled king of the hill must prove himself before the title has any worth.From the entry self-styled
  • He twisted his ankle while playing king of the hill and was not allowed to play again.From the entry king of the hill
  • Swaziland is an absolute diarchy, ruled jointly by a king and a queen mother.From the entry diarchy
  • He king hit from behind and his victim fell to the floor.From the entry king hit
  • The king sent word to his enemy that he would not back down.From the entry send word
  • The king made a gift of No. 10 to his old Eton roommate.From the entry no.
  • Before executing Charles I, the Rump made it illegal to proclaim anyone else king to replace him.From the entry rump
  • Now in the eighteenth year of king Jeroboam the son of Nebat reigned Abijam over Judah.From the entry Abijah
  • King Edward VIII of the United Kingdom was an abdicator.From the entry abdicator
  • The abjection of the king and his realm.From the entry abjection
  • The king ordered that all his subjects be numbered.From the entry number
  • The divorced king was looking for a new queen.From the entry queen
  • The king armed his knights with swords and shields.From the entry arm
  • Eventually the king chose to hear her entreaties.From the entry hear

Meaning of king

  1. noun A male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.
  2. noun The monarch with the most power and authority in a monarchy, regardless of sex.
  3. noun A male leader of a traditional Aboriginal group, often used as a title by colonists.

Full definition of king

Questions about king in a sentence

How do you use king in a sentence?
King is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Henry VIII was the king of England from 1509 to 1547.”
What is a short sentence with king?
“Oi mate, have you got kings?”
What does king mean?
King means a male monarch; a man who heads a monarchy; in an absolute monarchy, the supreme ruler of his nation.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: king (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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