How to Use courtier in a Sentence

courtier

noun
  • Each courtier can bring up to three princesses to make a party of four.
    — Susan Harrison, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2019
  • Once anchored to a prince, a courtier’s stock tends to rise and fall with that royal.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Ibn Khaldun suffered all the ups and downs of a courtier close to power.
    — Eric Ormsby, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2018
  • Hukka asked the courtier who came into his bedroom to draw back the curtains.
    — Salman Rushdie, The New Yorker, 5 Dec. 2022
  • Under the British monarchy, courtiers paid kings for the privilege to fine.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2018
  • The courtiers, having entered, brought furnaces and massy hammers and welded the bolts.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 4 May 2017
  • So this jibes well with Bennett's courtier of comedy personas.
    — Nick Romano, EW.com, 5 June 2024
  • Historically, courtiers would use dress as a means to show their social status and wealth.
    — Caroline Hallemann, Town & Country, 6 June 2019
  • Princess Anne walked into a room where King Charles was surrounded by courtiers.
    — Stephanie Petit, Peoplemag, 27 Dec. 2023
  • Still, his courtiers seemed to be encouraging him to lean into sheepishness.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 20 May 2026
  • He is tricked into joining a delegation to London by a courtier who has eyes for his wife.
    — Dominic Dromgoole, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2020
  • Some suggested that a bunch of independent rats would serve as caretakers or courtiers to the king.
    — Adrian Daub, Longreads, 13 Dec. 2019
  • The cost for the girls tea, craft and activity is $20 per person and $25 for each courtier.
    — Susan Harrison, baltimoresun.com, 7 June 2019
  • Last month, courtiers said that the King had to dip into cash reserves during an expensive royal year.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 21 July 2023
  • Winners don’t always write history, but courtiers did sometimes need to keep their criticisms on the down low.
    — Matthew Gabriele, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Dec. 2024
  • Raphael was adept at many things, not only a painter of varied subjects but also a skilled architect, courtier and writer.
    — Cammy Brothers, WSJ, 20 Aug. 2022
  • Either way, royal courtiers have woken up to some consequences of the Brexit vote.
    — Stephen Castle, New York Times, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The memoir records the workings of Mughal rule, describing dealings with courtiers and envoys.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • At the Palace of Versailles, courtiers regarded the drink as an aphrodisiac.
    — Hugh Hart, WIRED, 7 July 2010
  • In 48 Laws Of Power, there’s this chapter on how to play the perfect courtier.
    — Jessica Bennett, VIBE.com, 16 Sep. 2025
  • The Kremlin -- and the Russian elite of courtiers and oligarchs around it -- is not always united in one voice.
    — Nick Paton Walsh, CNN, 13 Mar. 2018
  • The queen had a wry sense of humor and enjoyed Angela’s wit and her habit of playfully teasing other courtiers.
    — Katie Nicholl, Vanity Fair, 30 Mar. 2026
  • His story of dreamy lovers split apart by scheming courtiers is also a protest against rulers, like the unseen duke, whose riches are wrung from the blood of their people.
    — Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 8 June 2018
  • Jamil Joseph leans into the pretentiousness of the courtier Clitander.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • Trump courtiers and wannabes might mill around the lobby of the hotel on Pennsylvania Avenue that bears his name.
    — Washington Post, 31 Jan. 2020
  • The minister’s rise angered many courtiers, who believed their noble birth entitled them to wealth, influence and the ear of the king.
    — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The Egyptian queen’s vast burial complex also includes the tombs of 41 servants and courtiers.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Oct. 2023
  • But many observers worry that an absolutist king and his courtiers are putting Thailand on course for a fresh round of protest—and the inevitable bloody put-down.
    — The Economist, 19 Oct. 2019
  • Chanakya argues to the angry courtiers of Pabbatta that Chandragupta has won in a fair manner.
    — Anand Neelakanthan, Quartz India, 20 Dec. 2019
  • This was deliberate, says Law, to ensure that Vikander and the actors playing courtiers would catch a whiff and turn their noses up.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 9 Jan. 2025

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