7 sentences with 'reigned'
Example sentences and phrases with the word reigned and other words derived from it.
• « Solomon reigned for 40 years. Under his empire, Israel became rich and powerful, and "the wisdom of Solomon" was legendary. »
• « A week later, he introduced her to the F&S company as his special advisor. From that day on, confusion reigned. »
• « A written constitution reigned in anything that smacked of "tyranny" and wistful continental philosophers like Voltaire often looked to Britain as the model of a more rational and just political system against which to contrast the abuses they perceived in their own political environments. »
• « After the death of Ivan IV the Terrible in 1584, Russia was plunged into a thirty-year period of anarchy called the Time of Troubles in which no one reigned as a recognised ruler. »
• « 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. »
• « In 918, Chosen came under the rule of a local dynasty of emperors called the Koryu, who reigned until the arrival of the Mongols four centuries later. »