Regent is an English word with synonyms like powerful or trustee. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Regent meaning
- One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled.
- Any ruler.
- A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
Using Regent
- The main meaning on this page is: One who rules in place of the monarch, especially because the monarch is too young, absent, or disabled. | Any ruler. | A member of a municipal or civic body of governors, especially in certain European cities.
- Useful related words include: powerful, trustee, committee member, ruler.
- In the example corpus, regent often appears in combinations such as: the regent, regent street, regent park.
Context around Regent
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.5 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 6 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Regent
- In this selection, "regent" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 24.5 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, vice, student, queen, street, robin and illitch stand out and add context to how "regent" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 2019 student regent and student and and student regent designate are. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "regent" sits close to words such as anchored, astronomy and audi, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with regent
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
An absolutely quacking event on Regent's Canal. (8 words)
A police car near the scene of the murder on Regent Street in Lancaster. (14 words)
I moved to the voting area to cast my votes for Regent Illitch and Regent Diggs. (16 words)
Queen regent It has also been known throughout history that when a king is unable to reign or is out of the country for long periods of time, sometimes the consort will step up and will temporarily do the duties of a regent. (43 words)
Later Prince Regent Luitpold's years as regent were marked by tremendous artistic and cultural activity in Munich, enhancing its status as a cultural force of global importance (see Franz von Stuck and Der Blaue Reiter ). (36 words)
A construction worker who came into contact with a high-voltage electrical wire on Tuesday while working on a high rise building on Regent Street, Georgetown is thankful that his life has been spared. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
Pictured are Morris Rudnick; Kim Beeland, Trenton Chapter vice regent); Robin Verenes, Trenton Chapter registrar; and Susan Davis Faulkner, Trenton Chapter regent.
I moved to the voting area to cast my votes for Regent Illitch and Regent Diggs.
Nancy Ross Chapter members who will be assisting are Regent Kay Sealock, Registrar Alice Cripe, Chaplain Judy Miller, Vice Regent Joyce Dyer, and Treasurer Becky Winner.
Because the 2018-2019 student regent and student regent-designate are graduate students, Huang said he believes he will help bring additional student perspectives and experiences from the undergraduate student body.
Another Fujiwara became regent for his grandson, then a minor emperor, and yet another was appointed kampaku (regent for an adult emperor).
Immediately after that he asked the Regent to withdraw from politics, which forced Zaifeng to resign as regent.
Later Prince Regent Luitpold's years as regent were marked by tremendous artistic and cultural activity in Munich, enhancing its status as a cultural force of global importance (see Franz von Stuck and Der Blaue Reiter ).
Pitt, fearing he would be removed from office if the Prince of Wales were empowered, argued that it was for Parliament to nominate a regent, and wanted to restrict the regent's authority.
Queen regent It has also been known throughout history that when a king is unable to reign or is out of the country for long periods of time, sometimes the consort will step up and will temporarily do the duties of a regent.
The Queen Regent, who resisted any such idea, preferred to resign and let Espartero become regent instead in 1840.
A construction worker who came into contact with a high-voltage electrical wire on Tuesday while working on a high rise building on Regent Street, Georgetown is thankful that his life has been spared.
After its time outside of Holloways, the boot will be moving to Crowngate Shopping Centre in Worcester, following spells in Cheltenham at Regent Arcade and John Lewis.
After working with the local authority and Hindu Samaj Swindon, a safer and more secure spot to host these cultural activities was found at the space above Chaat Café in Regent House.
An absolutely quacking event on Regent's Canal.
And Coalesce Tattoo Gallery, on Regent Street, also opened at the start of December 2022 and is owned by 29-year-old identical sisters Martyna and Dagmara Cielecka.
A police car near the scene of the murder on Regent Street in Lancaster.
As a regent, when I leave the throne, rituals will be done for the new king that will be appointed.
A tweet posted by TfGM at around 7.30am this morning said: "A57 Regent Road, Salford.
Berkley was a seven-term congresswoman and has experience as a state legislator and as a Nevada System of Higher Education regent.
Charlie Hester-Cook (right) celebrates scoring in Horsham's 2-0 FA Trophy third qualifying round win over Brightlingsea Regent on Saturday.
Common combinations with regent
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the regent 32×
- regent street 24×
- regent park 12×
- on regent 11×
- of regent 9×
- regent of 9×
- regent and 8×
- and regent 7×
- regent canal 7×
- regent theatre 7×