Example Sentences

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Evidently, if there is one side who could weather the loss of someone who has scored 65 times in 68 games, it is reigning champions City.

From BBC • Nov. 4, 2023

The favourite going into the week is reigning US Open champion Jon Rahm, aiming to become the fourth Spaniard to pull on a jacket in Pantone 342.

From The Guardian • Apr. 7, 2022

Facing Brady’s team this time is reigning Super Bowl MVP Patrick Mahomes, who’s had arguably the most absurd three-year debut in American team sports history.

From Slate • Jan. 25, 2021

Jalen Chatman; Narbonne; 6-0; 170; Sr.; Rutgers commit is reigning City player of the year.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 15, 2017

Has not the word come to you that the flower is reigning in splendour among thorns?

From Gitanjali by Tagore, Rabindranath