sultan
Example Sentences
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The motive for the sultan’s violence in “The Thousand and One Nights” is traditional dyed-in-the-wool misogyny.
From New York Times
In October, one of the most ardent proponents of a boycott, James Duke Mason, wrote a new letter to the sultan, Hassanal Bolkiah, demanding the revocation of his kingdom’s “draconian laws.”
From New York Times
In Turkey, critics say the sultan has no clothes.
From Washington Post
The violence that unfolded involved an Indian Independence hero, a future British monarch, and a tottering Ottoman sultan.
From BBC
It was like some sort of camp sultan’s den.
From New York Times
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