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

In the vessel containing the son, widow, and daughter of Kiyomori, and the young mikado, was a friend of Yoshitsun�, who had agreed upon a signal by which this junk could be known.

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

Then he sent a report of his doings to his father, the mikado, and begged to see him.

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