queening
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of queening
Example Sentences
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Black can’t be stopped from finally queening the charmed a-pawn, and White resigns the final position as mate is in the offing on 79.
From Washington Times • Nov. 28, 2023
Ng7, and Black resigned because there is no good way to prevent the White e-pawn from queening after his own queen checks run out.
From Washington Times • Dec. 3, 2021
Qxh7 picks off the piece while retaining control of the b1 queening square.
From Washington Times • Oct. 5, 2021
Black’s bishop pair and passed queenside pawns make the win more difficult, but Short navigates the tactical shoals to bring home the point while keeping the Black b-pawn from queening.
From Washington Times • Oct. 5, 2021
How they had imagined her ornamenting its stately rooms, sweeping through the great halls, and queening it to her happy heart's content, a fit inmate to its splendor.
From Six Girls A Home Story by Merrill, Frank T. (Frank Thayer)
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