duke

Example Sentences

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Walpole’s cousin Henry Conway came as the duke from “Don Quixote.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The Telegraph said it was understood the former duke was shaken by the incident and was asked to provide a statement about what happened, as was his personal protection officer.

From BBC • May 7, 2026

As part of the tour, which begun at Koorie Heritage Trust in Melbourne's Federation Square, the duke and duchess got to handle a Marngrook.

From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026

And in a 1778 painting of Gainsborough’s wife, Margaret, who was the illegitimate daughter of a duke, he poses her classically in costly black lace.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026

The duke only nodded, bowed, and strode out of the chamber.

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas