How to Use monarchical in a Sentence

monarchical

adjective
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  • The kaiser was the product of an archaic monarchical system — the bad luck of the draw.
    — Richard Cohen, The Mercury News, 2 May 2017
  • The crazy thing is, that amount doesn't even come close to the price tags of other monarchical ceremonies.
    — Kayla Keegan, Good Housekeeping, 29 June 2018
  • This may have to do with Prince Charles beginning to step into more of a monarchical role.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 4 June 2019
  • Marie Antoinette’s death followed that of her husband’s, and signaled the end of monarchical rule in France.
    — Jess McHugh, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
  • All parties had to skirt the issue of monarchical reform.
    — Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2023
  • Most of the prisoners at the Bastille had been sent there directly by the king without a trial, and the Bastille became a symbol of monarchical rule.
    — Jess McHugh, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
  • Most of the prisoners at the Bastille had been sent there directly by the king without a trial, and the Bastille became a symbol of monarchical rule.
    — Jess McHugh, Smithsonian, 19 May 2017
  • And so that being President of the United States was something like being the monarchical ruler of a kingdom.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 18 July 2023
  • Since the election, Macron has alarmed some in France by an embrace of what critics have called monarchical tendencies.
    — The Washington Post, OregonLive.com, 7 Aug. 2017
  • The monarchical conceit wears thin—but the wider observations are acute.
    — The Economist, 26 Sep. 2019
  • But supporters of both Pheu Thai and Move Forward pushed their leaders to make their stances on monarchical reform clear.
    — Tamara Loos, Foreign Affairs, 25 May 2023
  • But Hugo’s play was seen as anti-monarchical by the Austrian censors.
    — Patrick Neas, kansascity, 25 Feb. 2018
  • Listen, legends only have so many hours in a day, sometimes mere monarchical figureheads just don’t make the cut.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 28 Aug. 2023
  • The State Department is unsure where this new era of monarchical government leaves them.
    — The Economist, 15 Mar. 2018
  • So despite its anti-monarchical history, the royals have been welcomed to the city.
    — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 28 Nov. 2022
  • If God had put the monarch on the throne - and the belief was a central part of monarchical legitimacy - then only God could remove him; mere humans had no right to.
    — chicagotribune.com, 14 June 2017
  • Going back to its English monarchical origins, a pardon has long been conceived as an act of mercy.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 9 June 2023
  • Going back to its English monarchical origins, a pardon has long been conceived as an act of mercy.
    — Politifact Staff Writer, Dallas News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Now 64, Washington had outlived all the men in his family and did not wish to die in office, which would set a truly monarchical precedent.
    — Alexis Coe, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2023
  • Tiny, oil-rich Kuwait has been caught up in a wider crackdown on dissent across the Persian Gulf Arab states, whose monarchical rulers were alarmed by the pro-democracy protests that swept the region seven years ago.
    — Washington Post, 8 July 2018
  • America has separation of powers for a very good reason, and part of that is to avoid monarchical-style rule by decree.
    — Iain Murray, National Review, 15 July 2021
  • The monarchical aspect of the presidency has been an issue since the founding of the country and has increased as the powers of the presidency have expanded over the years.
    — Win McCormack, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Eight other princesses have married out of the family and been stripped of their monarchical status, though none have been subjected to attacks like those against Princess Mako.
    — New York Times, 24 Oct. 2021
  • Harry, free of the monarchical burden — except in the unlikely event that his grandmother, father, brother, and niece- or nephew-to-be are struck en masse by an asteroid — gets to have all the fun.
    — Sarah Lyall, Town & Country, 8 Jan. 2013
  • Bismarck was fortunate to be left alone to craft his vision, free from monarchical meddling.
    — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Now he is sprung and speaking for himself, against that monarchical dictatorship.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The haughty Mr. Mitterrand, like his predecessors, sought to preserve the monarchical style of the French presidency.
    — Adam Nossiter, New York Times, 28 Oct. 2016
  • In 1792, when the U.S. mint was founded, a proposal to feature the heads of living presidents on the nation’s coinage was defeated in Congress by those who argued that to do so would be monarchical.
    — Laura Goldblatt, The Conversation, 21 June 2023
  • But the threat of prison, the arrest of protest leaders and an emergency decree has not deterred the protest movement, which demands monarchical reform and to make the King answerable to the constitution.
    — Helen Regan, CNN, 19 Oct. 2020
  • In this monarchical system everyone knew his or her place, with little expectation of being able to move very far outside of it.
    — Annette Gordon-Reed, Time, 20 Feb. 2020

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