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How to use tsar in a sentence

12 example sentences · noun

Tsar means an emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states. Example: “I vuz never beink too krazy about any of dose tsari.”

Examples of tsar by meaning

nounAn emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.

  • I vuz never beink too krazy about any of dose tsari.1996 May 19, Jim Collier, “King Arthur Discoveries”, in soc.history.medieval (Usenet), archived from the original on 07 Jun 2025

nounA person with great power; an autocrat.

  • Chin Chien-shih, an old poor peasant of Korean nationality, said: "The wolfish ambition of the new tsars is exactly the same as that of the old tsars.1969 March 14 [1969 March 13], “Report from Border Areas”, in Daily Report: Foreign Radio Broadcasts, number 50, Foreign Broadcast...

More sentences with tsar

  • She’s a Romanova to boot, a descendant of the last tsar.2012, Armen Melikian, Journey to Virginland: Epistle I, Minneapolis, Minn.: Two Harbors Press, →ISBN, page 30. From the entry tsaricidal
  • Barmy were official attributes of the authority of the grand duke and later the tsar.2001, Barry Shifman, Guy Walton, editors, Gifts to the Tzars 1500-1700: Treasures from the Kremlin, Harry N. Abrams, →ISBN, page 148. From the entry barma
  • Students who demand protection from controversial views are the product of a mollycoddled ‘snowflake generation’, the Government’s behaviour tsar has warned.2016 February 20, Eleanor Harding, “Mollycoddled 'snowflake generation' of students are fuelling campus zealotry, education tsar warns”…. From the entry snowflake generation
  • Tsar has said more than once: "My laoshi, much as l respected him, was a very peculiar person."2008, Bell Yung, The Last of China's Literati, page 60. From the entry laoshi
  • Tsars and people of humble origin loved prianiki.1999, Natalia A. Kargapolova, “Unseen Treasures: Imperial Russia and the New World”, in American-Russian Cultural Cooperation Foundation…. From the entry prianik
  • Portraying the tsaritsy as exemplars of Muscovite femininity and consorts of powerful tsars did not increase the powers granted them by custom.2012, Barbara Evans Clements, A History of Women in Russia: From Earliest Times to the Present, Indiana University Press, →ISBN, page 37. From the entry tsaritsa
  • However, the tsar mainly left them alone except for he required a fur tribute from all adult males and some transportation services."2000, Missouri Ethnologue Collective, Hunter-Gatherers Data Sheet, Missouri University, page 1. From the entry qoryak
  • It was well known that both the grand dukes Vladimir and Cyril were campaigning to replace the tsar with the tsarevich under a regency.1994, Greg King, “Autumn of Delusions”, in The Last Empress: The Life and Times of Alexandra Feodorovna, Tsarina of Russia, Secaucus…. From the entry Vladimirovich
  • Shevchenko was feared by the tsar.1965 March 1, Supreme Ukrainian Liberation Council, transl., On Occasion of Pohruzhalsky’s Trial, [Langley, Va.]: Central Intelligence…. From the entry KGBist
  • Although the coup as such was something of an unevent, it did leave a lasting imprint on the new tsar and thus influenced the autocracy for the coming three decades.2002, Stefan Hedlund, Russia's Market Economy: A Bad Case of Predatory Capitalism. From the entry unevent

Meaning of tsar

  1. noun An emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.
  2. noun A person with great power; an autocrat.

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Questions about tsar in a sentence

How do you use tsar in a sentence?
Tsar is used as a noun. For example: “I vuz never beink too krazy about any of dose tsari.”
What is a short sentence with tsar?
“Shevchenko was feared by the tsar.”
What does tsar mean?
Tsar means an emperor of Russia (1547 to 1917) and of some South Slavic states.

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