feudal

Example Sentences

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In the days since he announced it—anonymously—Kauffman has been accused of having a “peasant feudal lord mindset” and satirizing the city’s posture toward the tech industry and its leaders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026

Ample opportunity exists for anybody to advance in this feudal system, provided that person can impress the right nobility.

From Salon • Jan. 17, 2026

Every spring, Ellison throws a cherry blossom festival party for his friends at his Japanese-style feudal estate in Woodside, Calif.

From Barron's • Oct. 10, 2025

He's only ever known a feudal life in this 150-strong sanctuary, connected to the quarantined mainland by a single, heavily defended causeway that's only accessible at low tide.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2025

The church attempted to patch the holes in the old way of thought, but Aristotle, the geocentric world, and the feudal way of life were all mortally wounded.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife