How to Use princely in a Sentence

princely

adjective
  • Prince George wore the most adorable princely coat and knee socks.
    — Leah Chernikoff, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 Dec. 2016
  • John knew what life and work were like for a man who had had, and lost, one of the princely jobs of the town.
    — Deborah Orr, The New York Review of Books, 7 Feb. 2020
  • Customers paid the then-princely sum of $3 a pair (about 55 bucks in today’s moolah).
    — Tony Long, WIRED, 20 May 2011
  • Fox Searchlight snapped it up for nearly $5 million, a princely sum at the time.
    — Lindsay Whitehurst, Twin Cities, 19 June 2019
  • And a Ukrainian oligarch who hired Hunter at a princely sum to do nothing much.
    — David Von Drehle, Twin Cities, 8 Oct. 2019
  • The scientists believe the two tombs paint a picture of princely wealth and status.
    — Fox News, 18 Dec. 2019
  • Once-powerful clerics and princely challengers have been squashed.
    — The Economist, 7 June 2018
  • The most expensive selections on the menu are the beers, served in green plastic cups for the princely sum of $5.
    — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • Barcelona, a billion dollars in debt, must build a squad to meet its princely ambitions on a pauper’s budget.
    — New York Times, 27 May 2021
  • Vanquished local rulers, if lucky, might be granted a princely death, sewn into a sack and then trampled by horses.
    — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
  • The abstainer from wealth, who hid in the toilet to avoid the company of princely visitors.
    — Azadeh Moaveni, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2017
  • To the west—teasingly close—are the lush lowlands of the Philistine city-states, with their seaside trade routes and their princely homes.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New Yorker, 22 June 2020
  • The team analyzed grave goods found in a princely tomb in the La Almoloya site, in what is now Murcia.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The children of Prince Edward, the king’s younger brother, have so far declined to use their princely titles.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2023
  • That’s how the son of a policeman from Wallhausen, Germany, earned the princely title.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2022
  • The team made its first major discovery, a similar princely tomb, in 2018.
    — Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 July 2024
  • But after the couple welcomed a boy, betters banked on princely names like Albert and Arthur (the top favorites).
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Apr. 2018
  • The King strips Andrew of his princely titles and begins the process to evict him from Royal Lodge.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Once the capital of the princely state of Mewar, Udaipur has a dreamy setting along Lake Pichola.
    — Tanvi Chheda, Travel + Leisure, 8 Sep. 2021
  • In October, Andrew was stripped of his princely title, his dukedom, and a number of awards and honorifics.
    — Erin Vanderhoof, Vanity Fair, 2 Feb. 2026
  • The British monarchy is known for its princely palaces, but not all properties in the Crown’s portfolio are created equal.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
  • In an effort to shield the monarchy from the continuing fallout, Charles fi nally stripped his younger brother of his princely title.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Once the film leaps ahead to Paris in the late 1800s, Jones appears as a dandified version of his princely self.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Lawrence Brownlee is celebrated for his portrayals of the princely heroes and love-smitten lords of bel canto.
    — John Von Rhein, chicagotribune.com, 20 Feb. 2018
  • The long, westward-flowing stretch in the north lies in the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, and both new countries wanted all of that.
    — Brendan Hoffman, National Geographic, 16 June 2020
  • And then there was that princely posture, the graceful pivots and charged pauses that gave second thoughts and moments of silence a kinetic emphasis.
    — vanityfair.com, 1 Feb. 2017
  • Few rail experiences can compare with the Palace on Wheels, which rolls across the former princely states of northern India.
    — Kate Springer, CNN, 16 Nov. 2021
  • In an unprecedented move, Andrew was stripped of all royal titles, including his princely title.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Her brooch and earrings are being sold by a European princely family who bought them at auction in 2009, the auction house said.
    — Reuters, CNN, 4 Nov. 2021
  • The Hall, currently living in Brooklyn, scored a ticket for the XU game, and two more tomorrow night, for the princely sum of $6 and change.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 8 Mar. 2022

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