Example Sentences

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The competition had crowned Ms Shiino on 22 January - the first person of European descent to be given the honour.

From BBC • Feb. 5, 2024

Leo III had crowned Charlemagne, and clergy often performed an anointing ceremony when a king was invested with the symbols of office.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

By 2020, the International Energy Agency had crowned solar energy “the new king” of electricity supply because of falling costs and its projected growth over the next several years.

From The Verge • Nov. 17, 2021

After the U.S. primetime version of Millionaire had crowned two million-dollar winners within two months, the show’s insurer sued, charging that the producers were making it too easy to win the big prize.

From Slate • May 21, 2019

He spoke of them with such love and emotion that a woman in our group had crowned him “the shoe poet.”

From "Salt to the Sea" by Ruta Sepetys