How to Use principality in a Sentence

principality

noun
  • Few teams have had a more up-and-down decade than the club from the glitzy principality.
    — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 1 May 2021
  • The boy, who is the couple’s second child, will be tenth in line for the principality’s throne.
    — Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 22 May 2018
  • The idea of a race around the winding streets of a principality would seem ludicrous in the modern age.
    — Luke Smith, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • The new portrait will go sale in boutiques and shops in the principality on Wednesday.
    — Peter Mikelbank, PEOPLE.com, 1 Dec. 2019
  • Their baby girl arrives as 16th in line for the principality's throne.
    — Peter Mikelbank, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2023
  • The tiny principality has a radiant glow and everything there seems to sparkle.
    — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 25 Oct. 2024
  • The winger has picked up a lot of interest, but nothing concrete has started for his exit from the principality just yet.
    — SI.com, 7 June 2018
  • Germany was once a grab bag of principalities, duchies, and free cities, as well as juggernaut states such as Prussia.
    — Jonah Goldberg, National Review, 3 Jan. 2020
  • The princess wore the jeweled badge on a red and white sash—referencing the official colors of the principality's flag—over her dress.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 20 Nov. 2018
  • Last year, hometown hero Charles Leclerc took the victory in the principality.
    — Kanzah Maktoum, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • Tempelhof Field was once the world’s largest airport, the same size as the principality of Monaco.
    — Joyce Lee, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2018
  • England, France and a pair of German principalities—teamed up to sack the Netherlands and seize its colonies.
    — The Economist, 18 Apr. 2020
  • The modern state of Lebanon evolved out of these autonomous principalities.
    — Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 6 Aug. 2025
  • Like the vast majority of the population here, most of the principality’s Jews were born abroad.
    — Cnaan Liphshiz, sun-sentinel.com, 6 Oct. 2020
  • Something akin to the French Riviera or the principality of Monaco.
    — Frank Miele, Orlando Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
  • The most memorable of those victories came at his home Grand Prix in the principality of Monaco.
    — Aleks Klosok, CNN, 21 Feb. 2025
  • But in the late 18th century, the kingdom was absorbed into modern-day Nepal as a principality.
    — Gisela Williams, Travel + Leisure, 25 June 2024
  • The rest of the world comprised colonial possessions of the European states and Japan, a few large land empires, and many small principalities.
    — Literary Hub, 18 May 2026
  • The principality club, unbeaten in 17 in the league, are seven points ahead of Lyon and Marseille.
    — Afp, chicagotribune.com, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Pretenders claiming to represent the duwailat, or principalities, that made up the British protectorate of Aden are dusting off old flags.
    — The Economist, 22 Feb. 2018
  • Princess Charlene of Monaco made a royal appearance at an event in the principality on Tuesday.
    — Julia Teti, WWD, 29 Jan. 2025
  • Over the next 200 years, in much the same way, many nation-states would replace principalities, kingdoms, empires, and colonies that had existed for centuries.
    — Mark Mazower, Foreign Affairs, 24 Aug. 2021
  • The principality to which the town belonged would spend the next 250 years as a vassal state to the Golden Horde but not without more conflict and death.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Ars Technica, 11 Sep. 2019
  • The tiny principality is perhaps best known for its ski resorts, but in the warmer months, travelers swap the slopes for scenic hiking trails that wind through the Pyrenees Mountains.
    — Lauren Dana Ellman, Travel + Leisure, 22 June 2026
  • The unusual attack Monday night stunned the elite principality on the Mediterranean Coast.
    — CBS News, 30 June 2026
  • The unusual attack Monday night stunned the elite principality on the Mediterranean Coast.
    — ABC News, 29 June 2026
  • The Principality of Sealand is located on a floating platform the size of a small oil rig seven nautical miles off the coast of England.
    — Shlomo Angel, WSJ, 24 Mar. 2017
  • Monaco’s princess brides leave their bouquets at the Sainte-Dévote Chapel dedicated to the principality’s patron saint.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 11 Apr. 2026
  • The principalities in Anatolia also put up a fierce fight against the Ottomans, who conquered the region in the fifteenth century.
    — Halil Karaveli, Foreign Affairs, 2 Mar. 2016
  • The small principality is widely regarded as one of the safest places in the world, in part because of its network of thousands of surveillance cameras covering most public spaces.
    — Philippe Magoni, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2026

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