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Knighting meaning
present participle and gerund of knight
Example sentences (13)
Not white knighting any one but bad decisions were made by more than one party in this situation.
The knighting ceremony took place at Windsor Castle where Queen Elizabeth has been isolating since March.
To those white-knighting and defending China by deflected the blame to Trump and his terrible administration, stop it.
His point-blank promise to not cut funding to the ABC, only to do so within a year of being elected, is up there with the knighting of Prince Phillip as totemic of his weird reign.
I'm not white knighting people driving shiatty cars, but if this is targeting low income neighborhoods, the odds of them driving a car that *doesn't* have safety issues is small.
With many outgoing prime ministers in their final days often rewarding or knighting members of their loyal staff, perhaps a chance to repair the relationship still remains.
He has already attained the social media knighting as “Cello Bae”.
A smuggler named Davos Seaworth ran the blockade to resupply the castle and Stannis rewarded him by knighting him, but he also cut off the fingertips of his left hand as punishment for all his previous smuggling.
John Cummins, citation citation By getting the French diplomat involved in the knighting, Elizabeth was gaining the implicit political support of the French for Drake's actions.
Mary E. Hazard, citation Maria Perry, citation During the Victorian era, in a spirit of nationalism, the story was promoted that Elizabeth I had done the knighting.
The Yorkist king tried to secure the loyalty of Oxford by knighting him and pardoning his transgressions.
While payments upon the knighting of a son were part of the expectations of an overlord in England and France, only a "gift" was given in Germany for such an occasion.
William presented Harold with weapons and arms, knighting him.