protectorship

Example Sentences

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But by the time of Annie Leibovitz’s protectorship her self-image had changed.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

It is possible that Hobbes might have anticipated the sovereign power which the general was on the point of assuming in the protectorship.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

As she cried he experienced a new sympathy, a delightful sense of protectorship.

From The Gorgeous Girl by Bartley, Nalbro

Somerset, at last, was obliged to resign his protectorship; and Warwick, who had suppressed the rebellion, formed the chief of a new council of regency.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

Samuel Barmby, joyous in his protectorship of two young ladies, for he regarded Horace as a mere boy, bustled about them whilst they stood waiting for the arrival of the Westminster car.

From In the Year of Jubilee by Gissing, George