6 sentences with 'sovereign'
Example sentences and phrases with the word sovereign and other words derived from it.
• « While echoing the idea that the Republic still survived, he in fact replaced the republican system with one in which a single sovereign ruled over the Roman state. In doing so, Octavian founded the Roman Empire, a political entity that would survive for nearly five centuries in the West and over a thousand years in the East. »
• « Charles V had enormous prestige and some ability to influence his subjects, but in practice each prince was sovereign in his own domain. »
• « Nationalist independence movements exploded throughout the USSR and eventually the whole system collapsed to be replaced by sovereign nations. »
• « Over the next few years, I visited places I had only dreamed of in Colberg's class. And in doing so, I exposed myself to the dangers of sovereign nature: poisonous snakes, stinging ants, poison ivy, crocodiles, cliffs, giant waves, and deep crevasses, among others. »
• « Almost two kilometres from this site is the tomb of Emperor Shilh-huang-ti, creator of the Ching dynasty, who reigned between 259 and 210 B.C. Unifying China into a powerful state, the famous sovereign must have been the protagonist - directly or indirectly - of this extraordinary terracotta work, as is shown by some inscriptions similar to those on the tomb of Shih-huang-ti. »
• « The sovereign, for his part, merely replied, ironically: -Yes, it stings well, but it stings very high. »