mikado

Example Sentences

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“I’ve been coming here since I was a kid,” said Laura Hureski, stretching out on a bench on the museum lawn in her flowing ivory mikado wedding gown one afternoon in August.

From New York Times • Oct. 20, 2022

The groom’s eyes began welling with tears when the bride, stunning in an strapless, ivory-colored silk mikado Monique Lhuillier dress, began making her way down the aisle to Steve Winwood’s “Higher Love.”

From New York Times • Nov. 23, 2018

The Japanese emperor, the mikado, governed by divine right of kings until 1945.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016

Wherever they were the divine power dwelt, and the mikado, living within their influence, was looked upon as equal to a god.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

During this critical interval the mikado had died, and a new youthful emperor had been raised to the throne.

From Historic Tales, Vol. 12 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles