How to Use royalty in a Sentence

royalty

noun
  • It was an honor and a privilege to dine with royalty.
  • On our wedding day, we were treated like royalty.
  • The royalty split is a good thing to do.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 June 2026
  • The frill on the frock is the royalty.
    — Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Check out the royalty in both line-ups.
    — The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Maybe the artist would get a royalty, when it’s sold.
    — Rosemary Feitelberg, Footwear News, 27 May 2026
  • That’s, in many ways, the way of royalty.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Treat your mom and your guests to a casserole fit for royalty.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Move out of the way and let country royalty show you how it's done!
    — Chaise Sanders, Country Living, 27 May 2022
  • These don’t sound like royalty.
    — Mark Glende, Twin Cities, 3 Apr. 2026
  • King of Leon are still rock royalty.
    — Daniel Kohn, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2025
  • And yes, this applies to royalty as well.
    — Stylecaster Editors, StyleCaster, 13 May 2026
  • There are no royalties after the fact.
    — Marah Eakin, Vulture, 9 Feb. 2026
  • What are the franchise and royalty fees?
    — Angelo Chavez, Forbes.com, 28 May 2026
  • For those who rule the hearts of their beloved, check out these tattoos, which are fit for royalty.
    — Glamour, 6 Oct. 2021
  • Dress like royalty; prizes for best costume.
    — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Feb. 2026
  • His family, of course, is part of the royalty of the sport.
    — Mike Lupica, New York Daily News, 30 Mar. 2026
  • There's a new batch of guest actor and actress royalty in town!
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Congress changed the law the next year to require royalties for rolls and records.
    — Steven Melendez, Scientific American, 17 Apr. 2026
  • From the start of their stay, guests will be treated like nothing short of royalty.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 8 May 2024
  • As a result, Willis’s share of song royalties jumped from a third to half.
    — David Browne, Rolling Stone, 12 Feb. 2025
  • He was kind of treated like royalty at the racetrack.
    — Benjamin Svetkey, HollywoodReporter, 4 May 2026
  • Still, no matter how loud the new guard roars, gospel royalty commands the room.
    — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 18 Aug. 2025
  • The word that catches her eye isn’t advance or royalties.
    — Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Not everyone can fall and still rise like royalty.
    — Ashlyn Robinette, People.com, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Want to step into the world of Wakanda and feel like royalty?
    — D'shonda Brown, Essence, 26 Oct. 2022
  • Queen Letizia of Spain just met a member of stage and screen royalty.
    — Stephanie Petit, PEOPLE.com, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Our obsession with royalty does not seem like the kind of fetish that protects.
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 26 June 2025
  • One of the greatest functions of royalty is simply to be seen.
    — Helen Lewis, The Atlantic, 12 Apr. 2022
  • To take them out of the spotlight of royalty and look much more at what was going on between them.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 6 May 2024

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