How to Use viscount in a Sentence

viscount

noun
  • Those standing are an array of earls, viscounts and even a duke.
    — The Economist, 21 June 2018
  • Her father's a viscount and her mother was a French opera dancer.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 11 Nov. 2021
  • Those who read and love the book series know that the viscount and viscountess have three kids.
    — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The feeding, for instance, takes place in a French chateau ruled by a viscount for hundreds of years.
    — James Joiner, Esquire, 3 Jan. 2014
  • The other half, however, followed the taste of the viscount and was more classical.
    — Irene Wright, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
  • Bailey will be returning in Bridgerton season 3, reprising his role as the viscount.
    — Charlotte Walsh, Peoplemag, 3 May 2023
  • Baronet is a rank in the British aristocracy, albeit below dukes, marquesses, earls, viscounts, and barons.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 12 June 2018
  • And while King Charles did not make Kerry a duke, an earl, a marquess, viscount or a baron, the knighthood was royal stuff enough.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 4 Dec. 2025
  • How does the sequel explore how Enola and the viscount each subvert traditional gender roles?
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 2 Nov. 2022
  • The British hereditary title is directly below baron, with viscounts, earls, marquesses, and dukes above it.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 26 June 2018
  • The Queen can choose from five titles for a man -- duke, marquess, earl, viscount or baron -- and for a woman -- duchess, marchioness, countess, viscountess and baroness.
    — Angela Dewan, CNN, 19 May 2018
  • Except that his equally coldhearted sister now threatens to take custody of her two beloved children, claiming that a single woman is no fit guardian for a young viscount.
    — Olivia Waite, New York Times, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The viscount died due to an allergic reaction from a bee sting, which was featured in Anthony and Kate Sharma's love story.
    — Lia Beck, PEOPLE, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Oliver Lyttelton was a viscount, a businessman, a minister in Churchill’s cabinet, etc.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 19 Dec. 2022
  • The same might have been said of Duff Cooper, a British viscount, diplomat, politician, war hero, man-about-town—always good for a glass of port or an extramarital romp.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • It was commissioned by Tomás Maria Bessone, a wealthy Lisbon entrepreneur who was made a viscount in 1870.
    — J. S. Marcus, WSJ, 25 July 2018
  • The viscount died due to an allergic reaction from a bee sting, which was featured in Anthony Bridgerton and Kate Sharma's love story.
    — Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 19 May 2024
  • This season observes the mating rites of Anthony (Jonathan Bailey), the eldest Bridgerton sibling and a viscount.
    — New York Times, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Much of the plot in season two revolved around Jonathan Bailey’s character, Anthony Bridgerton, coming into his role as viscount and head of the household.
    — Alexis Gaskin, Glamour, 31 Mar. 2022
  • Under the law, the remaining earls, viscounts and dukes who inherited their seats in the chamber along with their aristocratic titles will leave Parliament for good when the current session concludes this spring.
    — Peter Weber, TheWeek, 12 Mar. 2026
  • As a baronet descended, Brooksbank comes from the only class of British nobility not part of the peerage, the ranks of which consist (in descending order of precedence) of duke, marquess, earl, viscount, and baron.
    — Sabrina Park, Harper's BAZAAR, 22 Apr. 2023
  • In recent years, Eton has admitted more sons of international money — fewer viscounts and more investment bankers — as well as more children from less affluent families, with the number of scholarships growing every year.
    — Emma Bubola, New York Times, 6 July 2023
  • On Tuesday night, members of the upper chamber dropped objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited seats in Parliament along with their aristocratic titles.
    — Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Members of the upper chamber dropped their objections to legislation passed by the House of Commons ousting dozens of dukes, earls and viscounts who inherited their seats in the House of Lords, The Associated Press reported.
    — Jared Gans, The Hill, 12 Mar. 2026

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