coronet

Example Sentences

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When their sister, Mary, tried to break it up, she “nearly had her coronet knocked flying by the fractious pair.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2023

Carroll enjoys playing the coronet and goes on limited outings a couple of times a week.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2020

A sapphire and diamond coronet given to Queen Victoria by her beloved husband Albert has been placed under a temporary export bar, preventing it from being taken abroad.

From BBC • Aug. 28, 2016

My father’s father played the coronet apparently very well.

From Washington Times • Jun. 11, 2016

She was about the same age as Lyra’s mother, to judge by the look of her in the moonlight, and she wore a little coronet of flowers around her head.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman