imperial
Example Sentences
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Louis XIV, Napoleon, imperial Germany, Hitler, Tojo and Stalin all had some good years.
His rejection of England’s imperial mythology is Romantic in its passion for philology and topology.
“Greenland has become a strategic pivot in a world returning to imperial logic,” he added.
From Los Angeles Times
Paine’s soaring words gave voice to an emerging spirit that lifted colonial resistance to imperial tax policy into a global revolution for liberty under law.
From Salon
He climbed over a barrier and was immediately restrained by officers from the imperial guard and Tokyo police who wrapped him in a blanket and led him away.
From Barron's
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