How to Use reign in a Sentence

reign

1 of 2 noun
  • She was a popular ruler throughout her reign.
  • His reign is over and the search for the next man is on.
    — Phil Hay, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Jayne’s reign ends at 137 days.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • That tension reigns in the film.
    — John Hopewell, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But King’s reign on top of his world doesn’t last.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 4 Sep. 2025
  • His reign and life ended in tragedy, though.
    — James Grebey, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Texas, though, would prefer it a short reign.
    — Danny Davis, Austin American Statesman, 3 Jan. 2026
  • But then, of course, there always had been all through the reign.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • So was the failure to allow his reign to last so long.
    — Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 25 May 2026
  • Lynch’s reign ends after 43 days.
    — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 31 May 2026
  • The best people need free reign to do what the best people do.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • As sportsbooks brace for the storm, Knicks fans pray for reign.
    — Doug Kezirian, New York Times, 3 June 2026
  • Light flows in from the garden, and quiet reigns.
    — Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Lengthy reigns at the top may be the next thing to get disrupted.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
  • Big bodies kind of reign supreme during that run for those teams.
    — oregonlive.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Caesar's reign had lasted less than a decade.
    — Mo Rocca, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • But of all the oversized pastas, there are some that reign supreme.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 5 June 2018
  • The fish tube's reign began last week, but also five years ago.
    — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2019
  • Their reign might be just getting started.
    — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 7 Sep. 2025
  • These styles are still used as accents, but their reign was quick to rise and fast to fall.
    — Heather Bien, The Spruce, 4 Feb. 2026
  • In this set, notes like vanilla, chocolate, and caramel reign supreme.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 25 May 2023
  • The Fresh Prince’s reign is coming to an end this fall.
    — Andy Swift, TVLine, 3 Sep. 2025
  • So will they be forced to join her and who will be joining Sam in her new reign?
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 1 Nov. 2019
  • The debate over which candy reigns supreme can be a heated one.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 27 Oct. 2025
  • The reign was winding down and there was still an awful lot going on.
    — Time, 9 Nov. 2022
  • Still, Pass Over’s reign hardly feels like a luck of the draw.
    — Brittani Samuel, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The narrative at the time was that in a moment like this, chaos reigns.
    — Alvin Melathe, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Cargill is hoping to cut Stratton's reign short of a full year.
    — Fernando Quiles Jr, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • Across the home, serenity reigns.
    — Andrew Sessa, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2026
  • His reign was cut prematurely short by a bull that had the gall to fight back.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2021

reign

2 of 2 verb
  • The lion reigns as king of the jungle.
  • The king reigned in a time of peace and prosperity.
  • That's where chaos reigns supreme.
    — Jordan Mendoza, USA Today, 19 Sep. 2025
  • This is a paradise where kids reign supreme.
    — Lewis Nunn, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • The reigning queen was ready for the rain.
    — Jeff Vorva, Chicago Tribune, 15 Mar. 2026
  • That being said, the camp theme will always reign supreme for me!
    — Christopher Ros, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2021
  • The Queen was twenty-nine years old and had reigned for just shy of four years.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Robinson wanted to do more, but the coaching staff had to reign him in.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
  • There’s so much going on that wires may be crossed or confusion may reign.
    — Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 26 Mar. 2026
  • But common sense doesn’t always win in a courtroom, where statutes reign supreme.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The quietly-cool heel will always reign supreme.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The great flip has happened; the mind has ceded its power, and the body reigns supreme.
    — Alexandra Schwartz, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2025
  • The one thing that might reign the Taliban in is that the group needs young Afghans.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Classic black and white silhouettes reigned supreme, but there were some bright pops of colour, too.
    — Mekita Rivas, refinery29.com, 23 July 2019
  • The reigning rookie of the year won Houston in his first try.
    — Jason McDaniel, Houston Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Three of the last four reigning champs have crashed out in the first round — home before the postcards.
    — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 June 2018
  • Soon it was picked up by colleges, in an attempt to reign in large outbreaks, then cities and states.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The new king could have chosen to reign under a different name.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022
  • Josh Allen is the reigning MVP.
    — Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 29 Sep. 2025
  • If being hot were an Olympic sport, Taurus men would reign supreme.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Despite being kings of the world, in this world, Anna still reigns.
    — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 2 May 2026
  • How much does a game like this perhaps shake things up for you guys as the reigning champions?
    — Edward Lee, baltimoresun.com, 16 May 2018
  • Bhumibol was the world’s longest-reigning monarch at the time of his death.
    — Sunil Jagtiani, Bloomberg.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Rebekah finding her place in his kingdom, and their attempts to reign supreme over it all.
    — Caroline Framke, Variety, 12 Mar. 2022
  • Britain continues to reign supreme in the world of bespoke suiting.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The cocktail servers wear masks now, but free drinks still reign on most casino floors 24 hours a day.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 7 June 2020
  • Time is running out - 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them.
    — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 4 Apr. 2026
  • Time is running out – 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them.
    — Emily Hallas, The Washington Examiner, 5 Apr. 2026
  • There are four at this feeder, with lots of sharing room, but aggression still reigns.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Time is running out -- 48 hours before all Hell will reign down on them.
    — Arkansas Online, 5 Apr. 2026

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