Example Sentences

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To most people in the state — Hawaiians and residents of the islands who are not kanaka maoli — these battles royal are hardly the main problem.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2022

Rudd also reprised his role in the battles royal of “Captain America: Civil War” and “Endgame.”

From New York Times • Oct. 8, 2019

Still, they had a Christmas feast in 1995, two months before Lady Caroline’s death: no turkey or trimmings but also no battles royal.

From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2010

When the club put on battles royal, Little Beau always picked up the coins.

From Time Magazine Archive

There were processions, hustings, battles royal everywhere, the night made hideous, the day insupportable.

From The Dew of Their Youth by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)