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How to use palace in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Palace means official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system. Example: “The knight swore not to return to the palace until he had found the treasure.”

Examples of palace by meaning

verbTo decorate or ornate.

  • And this Great King was a far-way, tremendous, golden figure, moving in a splendor as of fairy tales; palaced marvelously, so travelers told, in cities compared with which even Athens seemed mean.1921, Kenneth Morris, The Crest-Wave of Evolution

More sentences with palace

  • The knight swore not to return to the palace until he had found the treasure.From the entry swear
  • On our last visit to Tokyo, we went to Chiyoda ward and visited the Emperor’s palace.From the entry ward
  • The White House is the presidential palace of the United States.From the entry presidential palace
  • You should see his new apartment. It's like a palace!From the entry should
  • The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood.From the entry neighborhood
  • They flourished the banner as they stormed the palace.From the entry flourish
  • So Margaret and Nikole left and were helped into the carriage for the trip to the palace.2021, Johann Fuchs, Long Live the King. From the entry Nikole
  • The sea drake uncoiled from the palace as they approached .2020, Natalie Grey, Saira & the Dragon's Egg. From the entry sea drake
  • They walked all the way to the stairs of the royal palace.2017, C. J. Deering, Cronica Acadia: Bend Sinister, →ISBN, page 431. From the entry dragonsbreath
  • There was no great gate around this palace as the entire city was considered impenetrable.2017, C. J. Deering, Cronica Acadia: Bend Sinister, →ISBN, page 431. From the entry dragonsbreath
  • In Britain in the Middle Ages every Royal palace and great household had a Spicer or Pepperer.2012, G. G. Birch, K. J. Parker, Food and Health: Science and Technology, →ISBN, page 428. From the entry spicer
  • The kennels occupied a long brick building designed to resemble the palace in miniature.2010, Pseudonymous Bosch [pseudonym; Raphael Simon], “The Royal Kennels”, in This Isn’t What It Looks Like (The Secret Series; 4), New…. From the entry cherub
  • She had seen it as she walked out of Ngozi's palace.2010, Nduka Onwuegbute, Masters of the Confluence, page 19. From the entry have it
  • Kolhapur: This region is famous for its spicy meat curries, Mahalakshmi temples and palaces.2009, Shashank R. Joshi, Jaideep Shinde, “Region-based Diets in India”, in Anoop Mishra, editor, ECAB Clinical Update: Diabetology…. From the entry chilly
  • The central painting, depicting Circe's palace, is compositionally and stylistically different than the rest of the frieze.2009, Umberto Pappalardo, The Splendor of Roman Wall Painting, page 91. From the entry stylistically
  • The palace was built to disguise a three-story air-raid shelter located beneath it.2008, Frank E. Wismer, War in the Garden of Eden: A Military Chaplain's Memoir from Baghdad, →ISBN, page 139. From the entry air-raid
  • This plaza was the pride of the acropolitan village that served the palace.2007: Roman Payne, Cities & Countries, chapter XIII: The Conscription of the Troops, page 187 (ModeRoom Press; →ISBN). From the entry acropolitan
  • Soon Sabrina and the merman reached an enormous palace, nearly five stories high.2007, Michael Buckley, Peter Ferguson, The Problem Child. From the entry mermother
  • Here they found the northern limit of the Thutmosid palace with its enclosure wall and entrance gateway.2007, David M. Rohl, “The 18th Dynasty Palaces at Avaris”, in The Lords of Avaris: Uncovering the Legendary Origins of Western…. From the entry Thutmosid
  • And the queen and king invited the most beautifullest girl in town to their palace.2003, Sandra Smidt, The Early Years, page 166. From the entry beautifulest
  • Selia’s mother is the key-mistress of the palace, a woman with access.2003, Shannon Hale, chapter 22, in The Goose Girl, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury U.S.A. Children’s Books, →ISBN, part 3 (Yellow Lady), page 373. From the entry key-mistress
  • Palace are back in the Prem - but for how long?1997, Peterjon Cresswell, Simon Evans, Dan Goldstein, European football: a fans' handbook. From the entry prem
  • Writings and excavations are the only sources of information on palace structures before the Chosŏn period.1996, Kim Dyong Hyun, “Royal palaces”, in The Dictionary of Art, volume 18, Macmillan Publishers, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 275, column 1. From the entry Koguryŏ
  • I attended a one-room school next door to the palace and studied English, Xhosa, history and geography.1994, Nelson Mandela, “Part One: A Country Childhood”, in Long Walk to Freedom: The Autobiography of Nelson Mandela, Boston, Mass.…. From the entry attend
  • That's from the poem of the legend of Kubla Kahn's palace in the lost valley of Xanadu!1991, Don Rosa, “Return to Xanadu”, in Uncle Scrooge, volumes 261-262, page 5. From the entry Xanadu
  • It was not only the police but the palace which obtruded on a home secretary's life.1991, Roy Jenkins, A Life at the Centre. From the entry obtrude
  • Out of ancient Nordic legends come ice palaces, fierce mountain kings and lovely snow queens.1988 December 24, James T. Yenckel, “Let It Snow! Celebrating the Cold at North America’s Winter Festivals”, in The Washington Post…. From the entry Vulcanus
  • So far, the palace has refused to make a statement about the incorrigible corgis.1988 December 20, “Queen's pooches seeing a shrink after nipping spree”, in Weekly World News, page 13. From the entry clockwinder
  • The sylvans who guarded the palace were bearded buffoons, lazy and stupid but fierce.1976, Jane Krier, The English Masque: Vanished Court Drama (unpublished M.A. dissertation), Madison, Wis.: University of Wisconsin, →OCLC…. From the entry sylvan
  • The procuratorial palace of Aquincum was declining uninhabitedly from the end of the IIIrd century on.1973, Akadémiai Kiadó, Archaeology, Acta Antiqua Academiae Scientiarum Hungaricae, Volume 21. From the entry uninhabitedly
  • Today, blue-movie palaces are as much a part of the suburbs as the wildly proliferating McDonald’ses.1972, Time, volume 101, page 31, column 1. From the entry McDonald's
  • The Forbidden city contained the Imperial palaces, which have been converted into a museum.1968, “PEKING (PEIPING)”, in Encyclopedia Britannica, volume 17, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 532, columns 1, 2. From the entry Forbidden City
  • At Ma Tau Chung a palace was built for the young Emperor Ti Cheng.1965, Gwenneth Stokes, “The Last Days of the Sung”, in Hong Kong in History, Hong Kong: Government Printer, →OCLC, page 21. From the entry Ma Tau Chung
  • However, a new puck palace in the Manitoba capital could eventually have a connection with Calgary hockey.1954 March 20, Gorde Hunter, “The Neutral Zone”, in Calgary Herald, Canada, retrieved 11 May 2011, page 34. From the entry puck palace
  • Palace Theater gross this week was n.s.g., due to weak stage layout.1944 December 16, “Cleve. Show Fails to Click”, in The Billboard, volume 56, number 51, page 28. From the entry n.s.g.
  • Aye, this be an unkid palace at the turn o' the world.1934, The Sussex County Magazine, volume 8, page 304. From the entry unkid
  • It is as beautiful as the most beautiful palace in a dream!”1902, The Cosmopolitan, volume 32, page 90. From the entry ramshackly
  • It is like a palace of thought — another universe, built of air, of shadows, of colours.1901, William Hazlitt, Criticisms on Art, and Sketches of the Picture Galleries of England: With Catalogues of the Principal Galleries…. From the entry archchemic
  • Everything is so splendid that it is like seeing the palace of Olympian Jove.1900, Homer, “Book IV”, in Samuel Butler, transl., The Odyssey: Rendered into English Prose for the Use of Those who Cannot Read the…. From the entry after one's own heart

Meaning of palace

  1. noun Official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.
  2. noun A large and lavishly ornate residence.
  3. noun A large, ornate public building used for entertainment or exhibitions.

Full definition of palace

Questions about palace in a sentence

How do you use palace in a sentence?
Palace is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The knight swore not to return to the palace until he had found the treasure.”
What is a short sentence with palace?
“The slums and the palace were in awful neighborhood.”
What does palace mean?
Palace means official residence of a head of state or other dignitary, especially in a monarchical or imperial governmental system.

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