ROYAL in a Sentence

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After these came the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples.

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 Meanings and Examples of ROYAL
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royal
 a.  belonging to or befitting a supreme ruler
 a.  established or authorized by royalty
Classic Sentence: (90 in 7 pages)
1  After these came the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples: they were all ornamented with hearts.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland By Lewis Carroll
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII. The Queen's Croquet-Ground
2  There were things sprouting and pushing out from the roots of clumps of plants and there were actually here and there glimpses of royal purple and yellow unfurling among the stems of crocuses.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XV
3  And he waved a thin hand which ought really to have been covered with royal signet rings made of rubies.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
4  Colin held out his hand with a sort of flushed royal shyness but his eyes quite devoured her face.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVI
5  He was as well received as the others had been, and the king ordered fine royal robes to be given him; and when the evening came he was led to the outer chamber.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE TWELVE DANCING PRINCESSES
6  The bear, however, could not rest until he had seen the royal palace, and when a short time had passed, went to it again.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE WILLOW-WREN AND THE BEAR
7  Then the queen her mother, packed up a great many costly things; jewels, and gold, and silver; trinkets, fine dresses, and in short everything that became a royal bride.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOOSE-GIRL
8  Then the waiting-maid got upon Falada, and the real bride rode upon the other horse, and they went on in this way till at last they came to the royal court.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE GOOSE-GIRL
9  After he had walked for a long time, he came to the courtyard of a royal palace, and as he felt weary, he lay down on the grass and fell asleep.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
10  But he did not venture to give him his dismissal, for he dreaded lest he should strike him and all his people dead, and place himself on the royal throne.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE VALIANT LITTLE TAILOR
11  Then the huntsman promised to procure as much game for him as he could possibly use at the royal table.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE PINK
12  And the king sent two waiting-maids and two attendants into the tower, to fetch the queen and bring her to the royal table.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE PINK
13  When the first cock crowed, the manikin carried her back to the royal palace, and laid her in her bed.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In THE BLUE LIGHT
14  Then he could easily guess what had happened, and much grief reigned in the royal court.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In IRON HANS
15  The duke left the royal presence with the speed of a young man; his really sincere royalism made him youthful again.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10. The King's Closet at the Tuileries.
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
16  There were court musicians whose exact relation to the family or to any royal court was predictably fuzzy.
17  The royal party was on a shoot when the incident occurred.
18  Two men carried the standard in the royal parade.
19  The team was given a royal reception/welcome.
20  Toward his royal captive he behaved in chivalrous fashion.
21  There is a royal proclamation of the birth of the prince.
22  The disguised prince resented the cavalier way in which the palace guards treated him. How dared they handle a member of the royal family so unceremoniously!
23  "Get up !" said the Queen, in a shrill, loud voice, and the three gardeners instantly jumped up, and began bowing to the King, the Queen, the royal children, and everybody else.
24  After these came the royal children; there were ten of them, and the little dears came jumping merrily along hand in hand, in couples.
25  In his adult life he has to escape the hothouse atmosphere of the royal family, and build an outside life for himself as a businessman and conservationist.
26  It says that members of the royal family should have to pay inheritance tax and the Queen's role in the annual state opening of parliament should be changed.
27  Salman, 79, is "a stalwart of the royal family" who is "viewed as a pragmatic and cautious reformer, much like his predecessor," says CNN's Becky Anderson in Abu Dhabi.
28  And at Buckingham Palace, royal watchers and tourists queued in the rain to catch a glimpse of the bulletin announcing the arrival of the royal baby at 16:34 BST on Monday, which is being displayed on an easel.
29  They banqueted her royally when she became the director of the company.
30  For those lucky enough to glimpse the motorcade of the royals as they drive the distance from the capital's airport, this is a day of celebration.