Reign can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| reign - have sovereign power; "Henry VIII reigned for a long time" | ||
| reign - be larger in number, quantity, power, status or importance; "Money reigns supreme here"; "Hispanics predominate in this neighborhood" | ||
Noun |
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| reign - royal authority; the dominion of a monarch | ||
| reign - a period during which something or somebody is dominant or powerful; "he was helpless under the reign of his egotism" | ||
| reign - the period during which a monarch is sovereign; "during the reign of Henry VIII" |
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| 1. | noun | He was helpless under the reign of his egotism. | |
| 2. | noun | During the reign of Henry VIII. | |
| 3. | noun | I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign. | |
| 4. | noun | Under the reign of tyranny, innocent people were deprived of their citizenship. | |
| 5. | noun | Winter's reign was nearing its end. | |
| 6. | noun | The political situation was, to say the least, extremely unstable during the next ten years of his reign. | |
| 7. | noun | The reign of Philip II lasted forty years. | |
| 8. | noun | Grandeur and gallantry never appeared with more lustre in France, than in the last years of Henry the Second's reign. | |
| 9. | noun | It is generally believed that Buddhism first came to China in 67 A.D. during the reign of Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty. | |
| 10. | noun | Long reign our king. | |
| 11. | noun | At the same period, in Queen Elizabeth's reign, the population of England did not exceed five millions and a half. | |
| 12. | noun | During the reign of Nero, the Apostles Peter and Paul, who had come to Rome to preach, were killed. | |
| 13. | noun | During whose reign was that church built? | |
| 14. | noun | The reign of Louis XIV lasted seventy-two years. | |
| 15. | noun | This is the fourth year of King John's reign. | |
| 16. | verb | The English sovereign is generally said to reign but not rule. | |
| 17. | verb | Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. | |
| 18. | verb | Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. | |
| 19. | verb | Love doesn't reign, but it educates; and that is more. | |
| 20. | verb | He began to reign at the age of forty. | |
| 21. | verb | Try to reign it in. | |
| 22. | verb | But, fearing this, the Sire omnipotent / hath buried them in caverns dark and deep, / and o'er them piled huge mountains in a heap, / and set withal a monarch, there to reign, / by compact taught at his command to keep / strict watch, and tighten or relax the rein. | |
| 23. | verb | "Now, to ease thy woes, / since sorrow for his sake hath dimmed thine eyes, / more will I tell, and hidden fates disclose. / He in Italia long shall battle with his foes, / and crush fierce tribes, and milder ways ordain, / and cities build and wield the Latin sway, / till the third summer shall have seen him reign, / and three long winter-seasons passed away / since fierce Rutulia did his arms obey." | |
| 24. | verb | Then, audience granted, as the fane they filled, / thus calmly spake the eldest of the train, / Ilioneus: "O queen, whom Jove hath willed / to found this new-born city, here to reign, / and stubborn tribes with justice to refrain, / we, Troy's poor fugitives, implore thy grace, / storm-tost and wandering over every main: / forbid the flames our vessels to deface, / mark our afflicted plight, and spare a pious race." | |
| 25. | verb | "Brave hearts, the land that bore / your sires shall nurse their Dardan sons again. / Seek out your ancient mother; from her shore / through all the world the AEneian house shall reign, / and sons of sons unborn the lasting line sustain." | |
| 26. | verb | The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. |
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| noun | |
| He was helpless under the reign of his egotism. |
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| During the reign of Henry VIII. |
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| I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign. | |
| Under the reign of tyranny, innocent people were deprived of their citizenship. | |
| Winter's reign was nearing its end. | |
| The political situation was, to say the least, extremely unstable during the next ten years of his reign. | |
| The reign of Philip II lasted forty years. | |
| Grandeur and gallantry never appeared with more lustre in France, than in the last years of Henry the Second's reign. | |
| It is generally believed that Buddhism first came to China in 67 A.D. during the reign of Emperor Mingdi of the Eastern Han Dynasty. | |
| Long reign our king. | |
| At the same period, in Queen Elizabeth's reign, the population of England did not exceed five millions and a half. | |
| During the reign of Nero, the Apostles Peter and Paul, who had come to Rome to preach, were killed. | |
| During whose reign was that church built? | |
| The reign of Louis XIV lasted seventy-two years. | |
| This is the fourth year of King John's reign. | |
| verb | |
| The English sovereign is generally said to reign but not rule. | |
| Josiah was eight years old when he began to reign, and he reigned in Jerusalem one and thirty years. | |
| Better to reign in Hell, than serve in Heaven. | |
| Love doesn't reign, but it educates; and that is more. | |
| He began to reign at the age of forty. | |
| Try to reign it in. | |
| But, fearing this, the Sire omnipotent / hath buried them in caverns dark and deep, / and o'er them piled huge mountains in a heap, / and set withal a monarch, there to reign, / by compact taught at his command to keep / strict watch, and tighten or relax the rein. | |
| "Now, to ease thy woes, / since sorrow for his sake hath dimmed thine eyes, / more will I tell, and hidden fates disclose. / He in Italia long shall battle with his foes, / and crush fierce tribes, and milder ways ordain, / and cities build and wield the Latin sway, / till the third summer shall have seen him reign, / and three long winter-seasons passed away / since fierce Rutulia did his arms obey." | |
| Then, audience granted, as the fane they filled, / thus calmly spake the eldest of the train, / Ilioneus: "O queen, whom Jove hath willed / to found this new-born city, here to reign, / and stubborn tribes with justice to refrain, / we, Troy's poor fugitives, implore thy grace, / storm-tost and wandering over every main: / forbid the flames our vessels to deface, / mark our afflicted plight, and spare a pious race." | |
| "Brave hearts, the land that bore / your sires shall nurse their Dardan sons again. / Seek out your ancient mother; from her shore / through all the world the AEneian house shall reign, / and sons of sons unborn the lasting line sustain." | |
| The Lord shall reign for ever and ever. | |