Joseph I
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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The new emperor, Franz Joseph I, declared that Austria was a unitary state.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 26, 2025
Joseph: I do think that the Celtic board made the wrong choice of new manager, but the players are losing because of tactics that are lost on them.
From BBC ● Dec. 17, 2025
But Maximilian’s older sibling, Franz Joseph I, the Austrian emperor, balked at relinquishing the headdress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2025
During the outbreak of 1711 alone, smallpox killed the Holy Roman emperor Joseph I; three siblings of the future Holy Roman emperor Francis I; and the heir to the French throne, the grand dauphin Louis.
From New York Times ● Apr. 27, 2021
If I were Joseph, I thought, I wouldn’t go into stores.
From "Orbiting Jupiter" by Gary D. Schmidt
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