Example Sentences

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Always Una St. Clair had queened it over the boys, teased them, petted them, scolded them.

From The Northern Iron by Birmingham, George A.

What! take my money—of all men! go back to the village where once she had queened it over all the girls—like this!

From Norine's Revenge; Sir Noel's Heir by Fleming, May Agnes

She who had queened it with the best of them; she who was the widow of a man who had killed himself to escape from prison!

From Mrs. Day's Daughters by Mann, Mary E.

But the Castle itself, that had crowned the hill with its shining battlemented twin-towers, and had queened the landscape far and wide--where was it?

From Regina or the Sins of the Fathers by Sudermann, Hermann

There were few flowers now; most of the lilies, which had queened it so bravely along the central path a few days before, were withered.

From Kilmeny of the Orchard by Montgomery, L. M. (Lucy Maud)