How to Use coronation in a Sentence

coronation

noun
  • So, this was more of a coronation.
    — Greg Engle, Forbes.com, 24 Aug. 2025
  • But the game has a way of sneering at coronations.
    — Andy McCullough, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The prince was a guest at the coronation but played no formal role.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 7 Sep. 2023
  • That restored the lead to six shots, and the coronation was on.
    — Doug Ferguson, The Seattle Times, 20 May 2019
  • Then there is the question of how to act at a king’s coronation.
    — Wwd Staff, Footwear News, 2 Nov. 2025
  • The next big test for the king will be his coronation on May 6.
    — Mark Landler, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2022
  • It has been used by the monarch at every coronation since its creation.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 26 Apr. 2026
  • Just six years after that, the Abbey would play host to her coronation.
    — Stephanie Bridger-Linning, Vanity Fair, 17 Feb. 2026
  • This was the first time the two had seen each other since before the monarch’s coronation.
    — Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 10 July 2023
  • Mookie is well on his way to a Hall of Fame coronation of his own.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • At the time of his coronation, Britain was not yet a mass democracy.
    — Washington Post, 28 Jan. 2022
  • But a game that started as a coronation ended with more questions.
    — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The first round has ended, and the countdown to your coronation has begun.
    — Candace Buckner, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • With the coronation, Gaga -- who already owned the mark for the most No.
    — Gordon Murray, Billboard, 14 Sep. 2021
  • The boy’s coronation, which amounted to a coup, divided the clan and the realm.
    — Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 5 Aug. 2024
  • All the gold is gone, and there’s barely enough to pay her soldiers, let alone throw a lavish coronation.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • And when a lot of those groups agree, as has happened this year, that can make the race feel less like a contest than a coronation.
    — Bob Mondello, NPR, 8 Mar. 2024
  • This is all supposed to be a warm-up act, the red carpet the Bulls walk on en route to the coronation.
    — Matthew Glenesk, Indianapolis Star, 15 May 2020
  • But a coronation would repeat the mistakes that brought the party to crisis in the first place.
    — Ezra Klein, The Mercury News, 10 July 2024
  • In scenes of the coronation and a ball in Episode 3, there are dozens of extras with unique hairdos.
    — Malik Peay, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • The coronation itself also helped to tell the world that this is a monarch who is putting tradition at the heart of his reign.
    — Victoria Murphy, Town & Country, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Here’s an in-depth look at the song’s record-rewriting Hot 100 coronation.
    — Gary Trust, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2022
  • It's worn for coronations and state openings of parliament.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 7 Jan. 2026
  • And what better way than to bolster such a big coronation than with a first proper country album in years?
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 June 2026
  • The last time the regalia was used was in 1953, when the Queen had her coronation.
    — Lauren Hubbard, Town & Country, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Still, the expert reaction is not a coronation.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
  • The coronation of the British monarch is one of the oldest and most-storied of ceremonies.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The stone has been featured in previous coronations.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 29 Apr. 2026
  • In honor of her recent coronation, read on for a recap of some of Monáe’s best costumes.
    — James Factora, Them., 28 Oct. 2025
  • The coronation of King Charles will come with a little bit of Apple flair.
    — Bychris Morris, Fortune, 13 Feb. 2023

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