How to Use kingship in a Sentence

kingship

noun
  • He has all the traits required for kingship.
  • This brings the note of tragic kingship.
    — Doreen St. Félix, New Yorker, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The timing is awkward for Charles, who is in the very early days of his kingship.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Throwing over a kingship was only the beginning of his folly.
    — Dominic Green, WSJ, 27 June 2022
  • In ancient Mesopotamia, the lion was regarded as a symbol of kingship.
    — Andrew Katz, TIME.com, 17 July 2017
  • In the ancient kingship tradition, endangering the empire would cause a king to lose his farr.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The god Lugh is the one most associated with kingship in Ireland, says Lehane.
    — CNN, 17 Mar. 2022
  • After the family’s return, the young Leka fashioned for himself a course in kingship.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Widely considered a victory lap for Lamar and his camp, the project was hailed as confirmation of his kingship.
    — Preezy Brown, Rolling Stone, 15 Dec. 2025
  • Widely considered a victory lap for Lamar and his camp, the project was hailed as confirmation of his kingship.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Fittingly, the laws are accompanied by words and images making clear the divine provenance of his kingship.
    — Nathaniel Scharping, Discover Magazine, 1 Dec. 2020
  • With all of its complexities, kingship has positive features.
    — Rabbi Avi Weiss, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • Like the would-be pride of the Royal Navy, Charles has also been fated to linger close to port rather than taking to the high seas of kingship.
    — Rebecca Mead, The New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2022
  • Simba is being trained to take over his father's kingship when Mufasa passes and is betrothed to a lioness named Nala.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 23 Nov. 2018
  • In fairness, his reward was a centuries-long life and the kingship of Númenor, an island of men similarly endowed with longevity.
    — Jack Butler, National Review, 31 Dec. 2023
  • Ostrich eggs are displayed as symbols of kingship, resurrection, and safekeeping.
    — National Geographic, 4 Feb. 2020
  • In the Sumerian tradition, kingship isn’t tied to a permanent capital.
    — Cody Cottier, Discover Magazine, 23 Feb. 2021
  • The backbone of these docs is ITN’s extensive royal archive that goes back 65 years to an age of kingship and royal stiff upper lips.
    — Steve Clarke, Variety, 8 Oct. 2021
  • Apparently Varys swapped the real Aegon in King's Landing with a peasant baby to keep him safe and train him for kingship.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 28 Aug. 2017
  • Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2021
  • Mesopotamian kingship was conceived as being descended from heaven, an ancient precursor to what would become, a few thousand years on, a corrosive doctrine of the divine right of kings.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The story is of Seretse Khama, heir to the kingship of an African people, who was attending school in Britain during the late 1940s.
    — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2017
  • Besides being a record of events, the work is a crafty portrayal of kingship, presenting Akbar in an adulatory tone, as an exemplary and divinely favored ruler.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
  • Water lilies on reservoir surfaces indicated clean water and symbolized Classic Maya kingship.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 9 Oct. 2023
  • To this day, kingship suffuses Iranian literature and mythology.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Under the early years of his kingship, England underwent key governmental and military developments that helped establish the nation as a global force.
    — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Argonaut is named after the famed argonauts of ancient Greek mythology, who sailed in the ship Argo in search of an artifact to restore their leader, Jason, to his rightful kingship.
    — Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 24 Nov. 2025
  • York is told that Somerset is imprisoned in the Tower of London, but when this is disproved by Somerset’s entrance, York announces his claim to the kingship.
    — Gitanjali Roy, Encyclopedia Britannica, 23 Apr. 2026
  • In both cases, archaeologists have found little evidence of kingship or social stratification, and commoners seemed to enjoy high-quality housing.
    — Walter Scheidel, Foreign Affairs, 19 Apr. 2022
  • Aurangzeb’s formative years were shaped by the bloody, fratricidal dynamic of Mughal succession, with childhood competition among princes culminating in do-or-die struggles for kingship.
    — Maxwell Carter, WSJ, 28 July 2017

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