QUEEN in a Sentence

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When the magic mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive, the wicked queen cried out in rage and uttered dreadful malediction.

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 Meanings and Examples of QUEEN
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
queen
 n.  female ruler of a state, especially one who inherits the position by right of birth
 n.  a king's wife
Classic Sentence: (206 in 14 pages)
1  She said to herself that one must be a queen, or at least a princess, to have a "thing" like that.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER IV—ENTRANCE ON THE SCENE OF A DOLL
2  The citizen made a fresh pause and continued, "I have a wife who is seamstress to the queen, monsieur, and who is not deficient in either virtue or beauty."
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 8 CONCERNING A COURT INTRIGUE
3  As well as you do, gentlemen; for I was among those who seized him in the garden at Amiens, into which Monsieur Putange, the queen's equerry, introduced me.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
4  She is goddaughter to Laporte, the confidential valet of the queen.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 9 D'ARTAGNAN SHOWS HIMSELF
5  But this last circumstance was not striking, as the queen since her marriage had slept badly and wept much.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
6  M de Treville requested Athos, whatever might happen, to be observant of his duty to the king, but particularly to the queen, begging him to convey his desires to his comrades.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
7  I will do, without a promise and voluntarily, all that I can do to serve the king and be agreeable to the queen.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
8  de Treville a long history about the queen.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
9  de Treville was the more the dupe, from having himself, as we have said, observed something fresh between the cardinal, the king, and the queen.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 10 A MOUSETRAP IN THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY
10  Besides, Germain was in the interests of the queen; and if anything should happen, Mme.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
11  The queen had at first positively refused; but at length became afraid that the duke, if exasperated, would commit some folly.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
12  Her carriage was that of a queen or a goddess; her eyes, which cast the brilliancy of emeralds, were perfectly beautiful, and yet were at the same time full of sweetness and majesty.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
13  Buckingham threw himself at her feet, and before the queen could prevent him, kissed the hem of her robe.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
14  "Madame de Chevreuse was not queen," murmured Anne of Austria, overcome, in spite of herself, by the expression of so profound a passion.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
15  "You have promised me to go," said the queen.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In 12 GEORGE VILLIERS, DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM
Example Sentence:
1  There is no love queen of the world.
2  A hive cannot exist without a queen.
3  A hive can't exist without a queen.
4  Learn to use high heels to fight You are the real queen.
5  The queen bore him four fine sons.
6  The queen bee is likely to mate with two or three drones.
7  Crowds massed along the road where the queen would pass.
8  In trying to protect the queen, Howard had put his own life in danger.
9  Our cat knows who the queen of the domain is.
10  The beauty queen also spoke, defending herself against vicious attacks.
11  The queen will exalt the actor Alec Guinness to the rank of knighthood.
12  When the magic mirror revealed that Snow White was still alive, the wicked queen cried out in rage and uttered dreadful malediction.
13  The queen, dressed in regal purple, was joined by her husband.
14  The queen's retinue followed her down the aisle.
15  Kings and queens wear crowns at official ceremonies.