The king wore purple robes to show his royalty. From LearnThat.org.
The lion is the king of beasts. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Boleslav, king of Poland, granted the style of king (1157). From Wordnik.com. [1125-37] Reference
Happening now: He was in rehearsal and planning to reaffirm his claim to the title king of pop. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 30, 2009] Reference
These birds have definitely earned the title king of birds by their power, grace, and deadly efficiency. From Wordnik.com. [CreationWiki - Recent changes [en]]
He then rebuilt Babylon and made one of his sons Shamash-shum-ukin its king; he gave another son, Ashurbanipal, the title king of Assyria. From Wordnik.com. [f. The Neo-Assyrians and the Neo-Babylonians] Reference
This "king" is George Mayer, owner of Mayer's Freeway Shell. From Wordnik.com. [The Simple Guide to Maintaining and Upgrading Truck Transmissions] Reference
Legendre read an insulting address, in which he called the king a traitor. From Wordnik.com. [Lectures on the French Revolution] Reference
Where the word of a king is there is power, much more the word of the king of kings. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
Living like a king is their just reward for throwing a few bags of food at hungry people. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Fannie Meltdown?] Reference
His terror shall seize on all the cats, for our king is a jealous king and quick to wrath. From Wordnik.com. [The Breakfast of the Birds, and Other Stories] Reference
The design chosen for the king is an interesting one, using the Black Cauldron itself as the base. From Wordnik.com. [Collectible Review: Horned King Bust | Fandomania] Reference
If you'd got the strap, you strutted, you smirked; among your peers you were what we called king s. From Wordnik.com. [Ottawa Sun] Reference
As that which might give some advantage to what he wrote, for where the word of a king is there is power. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume III (Job to Song of Solomon)] Reference
And she looked at Martin, and he smiled at her, and had no need to say anything, because a king is a king. From Wordnik.com. [Martin Pippin in the Apple Orchard] Reference
In many of tales of hero-kings and their adventures, the king is accompanied on his quest by another hero. From Wordnik.com. [Lieutenants, sergeants, squires, free-lances, and the hero-king] Reference
The United States said on Sunday it was suspending economic aid because of what it called the king's violation of the constitution. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
M. le Comte de Chambord utterly refused to yield anything to constitutional ideas and to become what he called the king of the Revolution. From Wordnik.com. [France in the Nineteenth Century] Reference
She was a woman, but they called her king instead of queen. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominant Sex: A Study in the Sociology of Sex Differentiation, by Mathilde and Mathias Vaerting; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul] Reference
CHO (voice-over): Bob Murray is often called the king of coal. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 8, 2007] Reference
This is a current incarnation of the man that some call the king of pop. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 7, 2007] Reference
That magic which surrounds the word king might -- who can say that it would not?. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of Ireland] Reference
He shall only write "the Admiral," whatever other titles the king may have conferred on him. From Wordnik.com. [The Life and Voyages of Christopher Columbus (Volume II)] Reference
Inasmuch as in their day sovereigns were almost invariably males, the word king was more exalted. From Wordnik.com. [The Dominant Sex: A Study in the Sociology of Sex Differentiation, by Mathilde and Mathias Vaerting; translated from the German by Eden and Cedar Paul] Reference
At this time the word king possessed a magic power in all pure and upright hearts which nothing had changed. From Wordnik.com. [The French Revolution - Volume 1] Reference
Historians, therefore, commonly use the word king instead, though that word does not properly express the idea. From Wordnik.com. [Xerxes Makers of History] Reference
By the time she reached this decision, the queen was truly on her deathbed, so she called the king to her and sat up weakly. From Wordnik.com. [Stories from the Old Attic] Reference
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