How to Use baron in a Sentence

baron

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  • In 1990, van Montagu was named a baron by the Belgian king.
    — Andrew Curry, Discover Magazine, 13 Mar. 2013
  • Find the button that opens up the floor to see the baron’s tomb.
    — Chao Deng, WSJ, 27 Dec. 2022
  • In 1938, the bandshell was added by beer baron Emil Blatz.
    — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2024
  • Lick, who died in 1876, was a wealthy land baron and patron of the sciences.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Back-the-Clock theme that recognizes the Barons during the 1950s.
    — Cheryl Wray, AL.com, 30 May 2017
  • No one doubts that the 150-year-old house, built by a lumber baron, needs work.
    — The Economist, 22 Mar. 2018
  • That does not just mean the overweening clout of the tech titan or the oil baron.
    — The Economist, 10 May 2018
  • The other coal baron is Jim Justice, who is one of the richest men in the state.
    — Dan Kaufman, The New Yorker, 9 May 2024
  • I was first told about Thayappa, the water baron of Iblur, by one of his clients.
    — Samanth Subramanian, WIRED, 2 May 2017
  • She is later captured and finds love with the baron who led the onslaught.
    — Brian Murphy, BostonGlobe.com, 17 June 2023
  • The hotel was financed and named for the great St. Louis beer baron Adolphus Busch.
    — Dallas News, 24 May 2022
  • Guise dismounted, drew his sword, and called on the baron to do likewise.
    — National Geographic, 19 Aug. 2020
  • And my bad guy was a coal baron, who was also the father of Kimble’s dead wife.
    — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 29 July 2023
  • But any future with David Ormsby Gore, the fifth baron of Harclech, wasn’t meant to be.
    — Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Feb. 2017
  • By the turn of the 20th century, Milwaukee became known as the city of beer barons.
    — Mike Pramik, USA TODAY, 6 June 2018
  • The greatest of the tip-trust barons, known as the Hatcheck King, brought in the equivalent of sixty million dollars a year.
    — Zach Helfand, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
  • The house was built in 1885 when lumber, not autos, was the big source of wealth, by lumber baron Lucien Moore.
    — Judy Rose, Detroit Free Press, 30 Nov. 2019
  • The silver barons of the 18th century built its mansions.
    — Mary Beth Sheridan, The Seattle Times, 21 May 2019
  • King Albert of Belgium bestowed on Mr. Frere the title of baron in 1994.
    — Patrick McGroarty, WSJ, 7 Dec. 2018
  • The king has made him a baron and appointed him the lord keeper of the privy seal, an office that gives him even more access to the king.
    — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2020
  • Following the baron’s death, the museum closed its doors in 2007.
    — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The château dates back to 1698 and was built by the baron and military governor of Maastricht, Daniël Wolf van Dopff.
    — Michelle Gross, Robb Report, 14 Mar. 2024
  • But this one is so wrong that perhaps even Joe Manchin, a coal baron, realizes it.
    — Liza Featherstone, The New Republic, 29 July 2022
  • After all, Log Haven was built by a steel baron in 1920 as an anniversary gift for his wife.
    — Heather May, The Salt Lake Tribune, 13 Sep. 2020
  • The troubled site was given to the church in the 1950s by the family of oil baron Edward Doheny.
    — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • Since then, Houston's economy has flourished first as a port and then as a nexus of oil barons.
    — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 9 July 2024
  • Democrats’ own coal baron, Joe Manchin) started tweeting that Joe Biden could pry gas stoves from their cold, dead hands.
    — Heather Souvaine Horn, The New Republic, 27 Jan. 2023
  • On June 24, the Italian baron's poems set to music will be performed at Carnegie Hall.
    — Sam Dangremond, Town & Country, 19 June 2019
  • Greg Carr is perhaps the most committed of the eco-barons and Gorongosa the most ambitious project.
    — James Zug, WSJ, 4 Aug. 2017
  • So the stakes going forward remain high for all manner of booze barons.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 13 Jan. 2020

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