Example Sentences

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I am glad there's none to hear you for since her grace has knighted me for my doings upon the seas, your words go very near to treason.

From The Sea-Hawk by Sabatini, Rafael

Is it a mayor that a mother has knighted Or is it a horse of the sun and the day?

From The Book of Humorous Verse by Wells, Carolyn

I have protested at meetings when the chairman has knighted me; at banquets, when the master of ceremonies has knighted me.

From A Labrador Doctor The Autobiography of Wilfred Thomason Grenfell by Grenfell, Wilfred Thomason, Sir