CORONATION in a Sentence

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27 example sentences for CORONATION, such as:

1. Lafayette undertook the coronation.
2. Nobody could touch the body until the coroner came.
3. The coroner ordered an investigation into the man's death.
4. The coroner recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.
5. On his desk the coroner found a letter, dated at five o'clock that afternoon.

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 Meanings and Examples of CORONATION
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
coronation
 n.  ceremony of crowning queen or king
Classic Sentence: (23 in 2 pages)
1  "Left over from the coronation," Bartholomew muttered, half asleep.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 13
2  It had as many ramifications as the Cretan labyrinth, as many fluctuations as the northern lights, as much colour as a parterre in June, and was as crowded with figures as a coronation.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: 3 How a Little Sound Produced a Great Dream
3  The King of Ceilan rode through his city with a large ruby in his hand, as the ceremony of his coronation.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
4  The orphreys were divided into panels representing scenes from the life of the Virgin, and the coronation of the Virgin was figured in coloured silks upon the hood.
The Picture of Dorian Gray By Oscar Wilde
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 11
5  , who had performed the coronation very near this death, tranquilly bestowed his blessing on the fall as he had bestowed it on the elevation.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVIII—A RECRUDESCENCE OF DIVINE RIGHT
6  Lafayette undertook the coronation.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED
7  It is well known that at the coronation of kings and queens, even modern ones, a certain curious process of seasoning them for their functions is gone through.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 25. Postscript.
8  Fuchs, although he had been up in the cold nearly all night, was going to make the long ride to Black Hawk to fetch the priest and the coroner.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
9  Nobody could touch the body until the coroner came.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XIV
10  He reported that the coroner would reach the Shimerdas' sometime that afternoon, but the missionary priest was at the other end of his parish, a hundred miles away, and the trains were not running.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
11  The postmaster, going home, stopped to say that grandfather would bring the coroner back with him to spend the night.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
12  Soon grandfather returned, bringing with him Anton Jelinek, and that important person, the coroner.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
13  Although it was perfectly clear that Mr. Shimerda had killed himself, Jake and the coroner thought something ought to be done to Krajiek because he behaved like a guilty man.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1. The Shimerdas: XV
14  On his desk the coroner found a letter, dated at five o'clock that afternoon.
My Antonia By Willa Cather
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 5. Cuzak's Boys: II
15  Those are the main facts of the case as they came out before the coroner and the police-court.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
Example Sentence:
1  When the witches told Macbeth he would be king, they failed to warn him he would lose his crown soon after his coronation.
2  "I always knew for some reason that it would happen if I kept going," said Glover backstage Thursday after her coronation.
3  The coroner ordered an investigation into the man's death.
4  The coroner recorded a verdict of death by natural causes.