throne
Example Sentences
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It depicts William the Conqueror becoming the first Norman king of England by seizing the English throne from Harold Godwinson at the Battle of Hastings.
From BBC
Rather, they are almost a thousand years ahead of much of the world because they follow a calendar that starts at 950 BC, when King Sheshonq ascended the throne of Egypt.
From BBC
She folded her hands neatly in her lap as if she were Queen Victoria herself on the throne.
From Literature
When Marcus died three years later and Commodus took the throne, the era of the Good Emperors came to a disastrous end.
In one, as mini Emperor Palpatine sits on the throne, “The Imperial March” song will play.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
