MAJESTY in a Sentence

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However, it was not long before I had an opportunity of doing his majesty, at least as I then thought, a most signal service.

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 Meanings and Examples of MAJESTY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
majesty
 n.  nobility; greatness and dignity of a sovereign; royal personage
Classic Sentence: (66 in 5 pages)
1  Having with difficulty restrained an explosion of merriment, lest it should offend her majesty, Laurie tapped and was graciously received.
Little Women By Louisa May Alcott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER NINETEEN
2  If he liked the majestic, she was the very type of majesty: then she was accomplished, sprightly.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
3  After some time, when they observed that I made no more demands for meat, there appeared before me a person of high rank from his imperial majesty.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I.
4  The emperor, and all his court, came out to meet us; but his great officers would by no means suffer his majesty to endanger his person by mounting on my body.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER I.
5  His imperial majesty spoke often to me, and I returned answers: but neither of us could understand a syllable.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER II.
6  His majesty approved of the proposal, and I took them up, one by one, in my hands, ready mounted and armed, with the proper officers to exercise them.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER III.
7  Her imperial majesty was pleased to smile very graciously upon me, and gave me out of the window her hand to kiss.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV.
8  This open bold declaration of mine was so opposite to the schemes and politics of his imperial majesty, that he could never forgive me.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V.
9  However, it was not long before I had an opportunity of doing his majesty, at least as I then thought, a most signal service.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER V.
10  I have some private reasons to believe, that this visit from his majesty gave Flimnap an opportunity of doing me ill offices to his master.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VI.
11  The general came into the same opinion; so that for a long time there was a majority against you; but his majesty resolving, if possible, to spare your life, at last brought off the chamberlain.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII.
12  He allowed your crimes to be great, but that still there was room for mercy, the most commendable virtue in a prince, and for which his majesty was so justly celebrated.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VII.
13  His majesty presented me with fifty purses of two hundred sprugs a-piece, together with his picture at full length, which I put immediately into one of my gloves, to keep it from being hurt.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER VIII.
14  Her majesty, and those who attended her, were beyond measure delighted with my demeanour.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
15  His majesty sent for three great scholars, who were then in their weekly waiting, according to the custom in that country.
Gulliver's Travels 1 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 2: CHAPTER III.
Example Sentence:
1  Immediately after Discovery's lift-off NASA officials were in jubilant mood, talking of the power and majesty of the launch and of the congratulation and back-slapping at ground control.
2  To my left were the windows; a great looking-glass between them repeated the vacant majesty of the bed and room.