Example Sentences

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In the film, when people stare at her, she waves unbothered in a queenlike manner at them.

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2022

During our relaxed, free-ranging conversation in 2015, I never forgot that I was in the presence of greatness: Her queenlike command never faltered, even at her most confiding.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2021

Grace made a flourish with her hand, queenlike.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee

But Ruth was being very brave, haughty, and queenlike, and for this the precise truth must sometimes be abandoned.

From The Card, a Story of Adventure in the Five Towns by Bennett, Arnold

Hilda rose and stood before him erect in all her queenlike beauty.

From Philistia by Allen, Grant