DYNASTY in a Sentence

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Example sentences for DYNASTY, such as:

1. Each branch may become a dynasty.
2. Now, it is not always easy to procure a dynasty.
3. The dynasty conceals the scaffolding and covers the ambulance.
4. But the first family that comes to hand does not suffice to make a dynasty.
5. The last proprietor of the dynasty, Father Hucheloup, no longer acquainted even with the tradition, had the post painted blue.

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 Meanings and Examples of DYNASTY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dynasty
 n.  succession of rulers from the same family or line
Classic Sentence:
1  This new old woman was named Madame Bourgon, and had nothing remarkable about her life except a dynasty of three paroquets, who had reigned in succession over her soul.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XIII—LITTLE GAVROCHE
2  The dynasty conceals the scaffolding and covers the ambulance.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED
3  Now, it is not always easy to procure a dynasty.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED
4  But the first family that comes to hand does not suffice to make a dynasty.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED
5  Each branch may become a dynasty.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—BADLY SEWED
6  The last proprietor of the dynasty, Father Hucheloup, no longer acquainted even with the tradition, had the post painted blue.
Les Misérables 4 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 12: CHAPTER I—HISTORY OF CORINTHE FROM ITS FOUNDATION
7  In truth, nothing short of a total change of dynasty and moral code, in that interior kingdom, was adequate to account for the impulses now communicated to the unfortunate and startled minister.
The Scarlet Letter By Nathaniel Hawthorne
Context  Highlight   In XX.THE MINISTER IN A MAZE
8  Now in the past the American Negro has had instructive experience in the choosing of group leaders, founding thus a peculiar dynasty which in the light of present conditions is worth while studying.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In III
Example Sentence:
1  A region and former duchy of central Germany north and east of the Main and Rhine rivers. The region became a duchy in1806 and was absorbed by Prussia in1866. Members of the original dynasty subsequently ruled Luxembourg and the Netherlands(as the house of Orange).