How to Use regent in a Sentence

regent

noun
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  • For now Prince Charles will remain a prince, and not a regent or a monarch.
    — Elizabeth Angell, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2019
  • The old regent is losing limbs, digits and hair by the hour.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2022
  • No state tax dollars will be used, Blank told the regents.
    — Karen Herzog, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 Feb. 2018
  • This was the grand error of the regent, and which Law did not attempt to dispel.
    — Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 1 Sep. 2020
  • That was a year before the regents adopted the new code of conduct.
    — Jeremy W. Peters, New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • That regent had leaked the story for his own reasons and that got it out in the media.
    — Creg Stephenson | [email protected], al, 9 July 2019
  • The hire, which was submitted on June 28, is still awaiting the approval of the school's board of regents.
    — Justin Sayers, The Courier-Journal, 5 July 2018
  • The regents for both Oklahoma and Georgia filled the role.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 26 June 2024
  • Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the former queen regent, is 82.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Jan. 2020
  • Princess Beatrix of the Netherlands, the former queen regent, is 86.
    — Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Buzbee, the regent who had so much to say after the UCLA game, did not return messages.
    — George Schroeder, USA TODAY, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The son of Seti I, Ramses earned the rank of army captain at age 10 and ascended to the throne as prince regent at age 14.
    — Emma Schkloven, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Jan. 2022
  • The A&M System has had student regents on its board since 2006.
    — Lindsay Ellis, Houston Chronicle, 5 June 2018
  • That's right, the uncle was supposed to be the regent, keeping tabs and helping him through.
    — CBS News, 19 June 2019
  • The effort may have seemed quixotic, but the regents heard her story.
    — Teresa Watanabe, latimes.com, 31 May 2018
  • The board of regents initially rejected the deal in a 9–8 vote.
    — Christian Schneider, National Review, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Crowned at Stirling in 1543, the regent was later welcomed as a guest at Doune.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Dec. 2019
  • Verhalen edged Hsu, who sought to become the first regent of color to win re-election in 22 years.
    — Stephen Montemayor, Star Tribune, 16 Mar. 2021
  • Thuy Dan Nguyen, the student regent, thanked the board for its commitment to the system’s students.
    — Dallas News, 24 Feb. 2022
  • Barbara Stein: That was a sticking point for the university and the regents.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 4 Jan. 2024
  • For instance, the regent could not give a thumbs-up to a piece of legislation that changed the order of succession to the throne.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2024
  • But if four of the five regents ruling Japan are against Toranaga, the chances of his survival are even grimmer than those of the Dutch and English sailors.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024
  • On Wednesday, the university’s board of regents will vote to approve the new school.
    — Alexandra Skores, Dallas News, 16 May 2023
  • As a sort of regent, Dudley had set England on a course of extreme Protestantism.
    — Michael Farquhar, Washington Post, 13 May 2023
  • The system’s board of regents initially rejected the deal in a 9–8 vote.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Then, Henry leaves to go get his wartime kicks in France, leaving Catherine regent.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2020
  • Sultan Abdullah, who was state regent for the past two years due to his father’s ill health, is active in the sports.
    — Eileen Ng, The Seattle Times, 23 Jan. 2019
  • Grey’s father-in-law and Edward’s regent, John Dudley, put Grey on the throne instead.
    — Monica Cull, Discover Magazine, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Yes, a man is boiled alive, bandits’ throats are slit, and a three-way battle breaks out between feuding regents’ convoys in the middle of the night.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Janet Reilly, the chair of UC’s board of regents, plans to soon appoint a committee that will begin a national search for the system’s next president.
    — Michael Burke, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024

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