How to Use monarchical in a Sentence

monarchical

adjective
  • The crazy thing is, that amount doesn't even come close to the price tags of other monarchical ceremonies.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2018
  • All parties had to skirt the issue of monarchical reform.
    — Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2023
  • The kaiser was the product of an archaic monarchical system — the bad luck of the draw.
    — Richard Cohen, The Mercury News, 2 May 2017
  • The monarchical conceit wears thin—but the wider observations are acute.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • This may have to do with Prince Charles beginning to step into more of a monarchical role.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 4 June 2019
  • Now he is sprung and speaking for himself, against that monarchical dictatorship.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Listen, legends only have so many hours in a day, sometimes mere monarchical figureheads just don’t make the cut.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Bismarck was fortunate to be left alone to craft his vision, free from monarchical meddling.
    — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
  • So despite its anti-monarchical history, the royals have been welcomed to the city.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Going back to its English monarchical origins, a pardon has long been conceived as an act of mercy.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Going back to its English monarchical origins, a pardon has long been conceived as an act of mercy.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 9 June 2023
  • Marie Antoinette’s death followed that of her husband’s, and signaled the end of monarchical rule in France.
    — Jess McHugh, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
  • But Hugo’s play was seen as anti-monarchical by the Austrian censors.
    — Patrick Neas, kansascity, 25 Feb. 2018
  • America has separation of powers for a very good reason, and part of that is to avoid monarchical-style rule by decree.
    — Iain Murray, National Review, 15 July 2021
  • Iran’s centuries-long monarchical tradition gave way to its first-ever republic.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 5 Aug. 2025
  • Since the election, Macron has alarmed some in France by an embrace of what critics have called monarchical tendencies.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • The State Department is unsure where this new era of monarchical government leaves them.
    — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
  • In this monarchical system everyone knew his or her place, with little expectation of being able to move very far outside of it.
    — Annette Gordon-Reed, Time, 20 Feb. 2020
  • But supporters of both Pheu Thai and Move Forward pushed their leaders to make their stances on monarchical reform clear.
    — Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2023
  • As much as words held power, so too did symbols, especially those reflecting monarchical versus colonial power.
    — Dr. Matthew Warshauer, Hartford Courant, 26 June 2026
  • Where others may have recoiled from France’s monarchical infatuation, Macron looks set to embrace it.
    — Samuel Earle, The Atlantic, 11 June 2017
  • And so that being President of the United States was something like being the monarchical ruler of a kingdom.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
  • Most of the prisoners at the Bastille had been sent there directly by the king without a trial, and the Bastille became a symbol of monarchical rule.
    — Jess McHugh, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
  • Now 64, Washington had outlived all the men in his family and did not wish to die in office, which would set a truly monarchical precedent.
    — Alexis Coe, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • This is one reason the Founders designed the system this way, but Trump has no real civic awareness and his aides are determined to grant him quasi-monarchical power.
    — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
  • The presidency is a quasi-monarchical institution, and so citizens are taught to respect the commander in chief, no matter what the party.
    — Jeet Heer, New Republic, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The motion was bitterly opposed by those who saw it as mimicking European monarchical customs, raising the president to the rank of a king.
    — Meir Soloveichik, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The monarchical aspect of the presidency has been an issue since the founding of the country and has increased as the powers of the presidency have expanded over the years.
    — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
  • If God had put the monarch on the throne - and the belief was a central part of monarchical legitimacy - then only God could remove him; mere humans had no right to.
    — chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2017
  • Foreign partners like the United States and Great Britain also played no small role in helping shore up their monarchical allies against coup plots.
    — Jonathan Powell, The Conversation, 15 Dec. 2025

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