How to Use sultan in a Sentence

sultan

noun
  • What a pleasure to cook for oneself and know Scheherazade need not please the sultan.
    — Cj Hauser, Bon Appétit, 6 July 2022
  • To boat down the Bosphorus like the sultan to you deserve to be treated like.
    — Breanna Wilson, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2022
  • But the customs of this city are under attack—by the sultan himself.
    — The Economist, 17 Aug. 2019
  • In fact, in the film the sultan only sees her face in a mirror, shrouded by incense smoke.
    — Author: Annie Gowen, Anchorage Daily News, 26 Jan. 2018
  • The Israeli state had replaced the sultan, but the effect was the same.
    — Mark Mazzetti Jonathan Davis Anna Diamond David Mason, New York Times, 16 May 2024
  • The sultan accepts his gifts, but marries his daughter to the vizier’s son anyway.
    — National Geographic, 23 May 2019
  • Beren serves all the mezza favorites like hummus, babaghanoush, feta and pink sultan (a red beet dip).
    — Ella Gonzales, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Massie said on social media that the email recipient was a sultan.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • There’s still debate on whether the sultan leased or ceded the area of Sabah under the agreement.
    — Andreo Calonzo, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023
  • The sultan sends a note to Catherine agreeing to discuss a way forward for their two nations.
    — Alice Burton, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2021
  • The image is that of young preppy sultans in a harem of Junior Leaguers.
    — William Stadiem, Town & Country, 2 Aug. 2016
  • Babe Ruth is forever the sultan, the king emeritus, the one who built the castle.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The Nabila was seized by the sultan of Brunei in 1987 for an unpaid loan.
    — Brian Murphy, Washington Post, 6 June 2017
  • Bosworth was to play Jack Thornton, the hero who outwits the sultan and wins the heart of the helpless heroine.
    — Longreads, 15 May 2018
  • Egypt’s president vowed to send aid as well, as did Oman’s sultan and Tunisia’s president.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Finally, the sultan of sprinkles, the colossus of cream, the prince of pastry breaks into laughter.
    — Stephanie Apstein, SI.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • When the sultan fell, most of his ministers did, too, and Zeki Pasa went into exile.
    — Bloomberg.com, 9 Mar. 2018
  • Historically, this brand of Sufi trance had been used to entertain the court of the sultan.
    — National Geographic, 23 July 2019
  • But for all of their contempt, Egyptian rulers have become mendicants at the feet of the kings, emirs and sultans of the Gulf.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • Putin also met with Brunei’s sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah.
    — Los Angeles Times, 17 June 2026
  • The sultan was believed to have been in poor health and traveled to Belgium for what the court described as a medical checkup last month.
    — Jon Gambrell, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Jan. 2020
  • Dine like a sultan at a Turkish restaurant that recreates menus from the Ottoman Empire.
    — Laura Manske, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2021
  • As the invocation of sultans suggests, this is an exploration of the highest-end items, made for the palaces of the privileged.
    — Ted Loos, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2023
  • But the move and the reaction to it highlighted the challenge Oman’s new sultan faces to reform the economy.
    — Verity Ratcliffe, Bloomberg.com, 7 June 2020
  • Ottoman sultans repeatedly shut down cafes over similar fears.
    — Ali Halit Diker, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2025
  • They were welcomed by Oman’s foreign minister at the airport and are set to meet with Oman’s sultan for discussions.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 22 June 2026
  • The sultan of Brunei, Hassanal Bolkiah, is one of the most powerful national leaders in the world.
    — Ruby Mellen, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • To celebrate the demise of the Saudi state and the liberation of the two holy mosques, the Ottoman sultan even released debtors from jail across his realm.
    — Yaroslav Trofimov, WSJ, 26 Oct. 2018
  • If a deal makes, Kenzari will play Jafar, the vizier to the sultan of the city who wants to use the genie for his own nefarious plan of taking power.
    — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2017
  • The person is one of the Sulu group’s eight members claiming to be heirs of the Sulu sultan, according to the government.
    — Andreo Calonzo, Bloomberg.com, 13 Apr. 2023

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