Sentence examples for reign from high-quality English sources.

• John’s reign was characterized by failure.

• Old Cant indicates that the term was in use as a Cant word during or before the same reign.

• During Edward VI’s reign, England and Wales became more Protestant, with the Prayer Book and services in English.

• Or were I monarch o’ the globe, Wi’ thee to reign, wi’ thee to reign; The brightest jewel in my crown Wad be my queen, wad be my queen.

• Dušan’s reign began peacefully in September 1331.

• Early in his reign, in 1828–29, Russia fought against Turkey.

• For the rest of Joseph’s reign, Pombal was virtually the sole ruler.

• The Reign of Terror took place between September 5, 1793, and July 27, 1794.

Use reign in a sentence.

• His reign was also notable for successes against the Deccan states in southern India.

• He was succeeded by his son, Akihito, who took the reign name Heisei (“Achieving Peace”).

• In old age as a tyrannical recluse, he inflicted a reign of terror against the major personages of Rome.

• The two ideograms (kanji) constituting the period’s reign name (gengō) are rei (meaning “order” or “auspicious”) and…

• The Temple of Isis continued to flourish during Roman times and was not closed until the reign of Justinian I (527–565 ce).

• A judicial papyrus of the following reign, however, reveals that problems existed in Egypt during Ramses IV’s reign.

• Uda, moreover, managed to reign without a Fujiwara regent and, in the last six years of his reign, without a Fujiwara kampaku, because of the death of Mototsune.

• , Nanjing), reign name (nianhao) of the second emperor of the Ming dynasty (1368–1644), under whose brief reign (1398–1402) a civil war nearly destroyed the newly founded dynasty.

reign sentence examples

• On February 9, 1796, the Chinese New Year, the new reign took the title of Jiaqing, but the customs of the years of the Qianlong reign were upheld in the palace until the death of the old emperor.

• Thereafter, every emperor proclaimed a new nien-hao for his reign at the beginning of the year following his accession (sometimes an emperor redesignated his nien-hao on special occasions during his reign).

• Their so-called Nan (Southern) Ming dynasty principally included the prince of Fu (Zhu Yousong, reign name Hongguang), the prince of Tang (Zhu Yujian, reign name Longwu), the prince of Lu (Zhu Yihai, no reign name), and the prince of Gui (Zhu Youlang, reign name Yongli).

• Because of this reign-name practice (which was perpetuated under the succeeding Qing dynasty), modern writers, confusingly but correctly, refer to the Wanli emperor, for example, by his personal name, Zhu Yijun; by his temple name, Shenzong; or sometimes, incorrectly but conveniently, simply as Wanli, as if the reign name were a personal name.