How to Use constitutional monarchy in a Sentence

constitutional monarchy

noun
  • Canada is a constitutional monarchy and the king is the country's head of state.
    — Jackie Northam, NPR, 26 May 2025
  • But there is still time to pursue a third way—namely, a more durable transition to a constitutional monarchy.
    — Madawi Al-Rasheed, Foreign Affairs, 15 Mar. 2021
  • The abolishment of the constitutional monarchy isn't the only item on the bill's agenda.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
  • The charge was that its platform was tantamount to calling for the overthrow of the system of constitutional monarchy.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Kings and queens were still anointed (but no longer crowned) until 1849 when the switch was made to a constitutional monarchy.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 14 Jan. 2024
  • From an oligarchy to a democracy to a constitutional monarchy, there are many ways government can operate.
    — Olivia Munson, USA TODAY, 17 Apr. 2023
  • So this weekend’s events will set a precedent for what such a transition of power might look like in the context of Denmark’s modern constitutional monarchy.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • The fact that the constitutional monarchy of the United Kingdom survives to this day is a product of this painful process of limitation.
    — Jonathan Healey september 18, Literary Hub, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Many, especially the youth, are apathetic about the constitutional monarchy, and a golden carriage is hard to square with a cost-of-living crisis.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 6 May 2023
  • The country moved from absolute monarchy, as was still the case in June 1789, to a constitutional monarchy later that year.
    — Literary Hub, 19 Nov. 2025
  • Japan is a constitutional monarchy led by 65-year-old Emperor Naruhito.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Sep. 2025
  • Would this long-time climate campaigner with a once controversial fondness for penning his thoughts to ministers overstep the mark in a constitutional monarchy?
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2023
  • And as if to make the case for constitutional monarchy emphatically, a visitor has just arrived here to look at his Scottish golf course, although very much not invited to the coronation.
    — Geoffrey Wheatcroft, The New Republic, 4 May 2023
  • Holness is the youngest prime minister of Jamaica to date and vowed to transform Jamaica from a constitutional monarchy into a republic during his election campaign.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Public opinion surveys here show waning interest in remaining a constitutional monarchy and little affection for Charles.
    — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
  • When the monarchy was restored 11 years later, Parliament curtailed the crown’s power through a Bill of Rights that ushered in a constitutional monarchy.
    — Sarah Lyall, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • The trip came together quickly after that and raised eyebrows about why Leo had chosen Monaco, a hereditary and constitutional monarchy, as his first foreign trip in Europe.
    — Nicole Winfield, Arkansas Online, 19 Nov. 2020
  • The trip came together quickly after that, and raised eyebrows about why Leo had chosen Monaco, a hereditary and constitutional monarchy, as his first foreign trip in Europe.
    — ABC News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • Small anti-monarchy protests also greeted Charles during an October trip to Australia, which is set to vote on a referendum on whether to remain a constitutional monarchy.
    — Hannah Peart, NBC News, 25 Dec. 2024
  • Thailand’s Constitutional Court ordered the party to end its lese majeste campaign, and accused its leaders of seeking to overthrow the constitutional monarchy.
    — Helen Regan, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Malaysia is a federal constitutional monarchy, with a multi-ethnic population of Malays, Chinese and Indians.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 21 June 2024
  • The party also wants to reduce the influence of the military, which has staged more than a dozen coups since Thailand became a constitutional monarchy in 1932, and of big business monopolies.
    — Jintamas Saksornchai, Chicago Tribune, 23 July 2023
  • Holness is the youngest prime minister in the Caribbean country's history and vowed to transform Jamaica from a constitutional monarchy into a republic during his election campaign.
    — Janine Henni, People.com, 16 Dec. 2024
  • Even with the royal family’s centuries-long association with divine rights and imperialism, Charles and his heir, Prince William, are known to respect their place in a constitutional monarchy.
    — Jessica Coacci, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In an alternate version of Korea ruled by a constitutional monarchy, Lovely Runner breakout Byeon Woo-seok stars as melancholic modern-day prince Yi An.
    — Kayti Burt, Time, 14 Jan. 2026
  • According to a YouGov poll published last year, about one-third of Australians want the country to transition to a republic as soon as possible, while 35% would prefer to remain a constitutional monarchy and the rest are undecided.
    — Peter Guo, NBC News, 21 Oct. 2024
  • The same court last week dissolved the anti-establishment Move Forward Party, the hugely popular opposition, ruling its campaign to reform a law against insulting the crown risked undermining the constitutional monarchy.
    — Reuters, NBC News, 14 Aug. 2024
  • France lurched from republic to dictatorship to empire before cycling back through absolute monarchy, constitutional monarchy, Second Republic, and Second Empire.
    — Sebastian Smee, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
  • Set in a fictional 21st-century constitutional monarchy, Perfect Crown follows Grand Prince Yi-An as he is pressured to marry to prevent a power struggle in the royal household.
    — Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
  • Chris Jackson / Getty Images And he will also have been given guidance on his fellow prince, who unlike William is not part of a constitutional monarchy answerable to lawmakers and open to criticism from an often boisterous free press.
    — Yuliya Talmazan, NBC news, 14 Feb. 2026

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