How to Use dynasty in a Sentence

dynasty

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  • There was a civil war during the dynasty.
  • She was born into a powerful political dynasty.
  • As Houston looks toward the next phase of its dynasty, Brown could shepherd in a wave of contract extensions.
    — Michael Shapiro, Chron, 22 Feb. 2023
  • First, a refresher: Alex Murdaugh is a former lawyer whose family built a legal dynasty in South Carolina.
    — Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 22 Feb. 2023
  • The case has riveted the public with its tale of a South Carolina legal dynasty brought low by the swindling of millions and the scandalous web of lies woven by its reigning patriarch.
    — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Murdaugh, part of a South Carolina legal dynasty, was charged with murder in connection to the shooting deaths of his wife, Maggie, and son, Paul.
    — Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 1 Mar. 2023
  • The girls team is ready to add to its state track and field dynasty.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 11 May 2021
  • Mike Holloway has built a dynasty on the track in Gainesville.
    — Jordan McPherson, miamiherald, 14 May 2018
  • The Han dynasty tombs were packed with some of the empire's most valuable relics.
    — smithsonianmag.com, 30 Sep. 2017
  • Millage will have the task of trying to keep the dynasty intact.
    — Richard Obert, azcentral, 8 July 2019
  • Here’s what to watch for as the Warriors fight to extend their dynasty.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 21 Feb. 2024
  • People don’t want to see this dynasty, like the Kennedys and Bushes.
    — Michael Tackett, New York Times, 22 Apr. 2018
  • And that means the Golden State dynasty may go out with a whimper rather than a bang.
    — Sopan Deb, New York Times, 9 May 2023
  • And the 2023 season saw the cementing of the Kansas City dynasty.
    — Ben Morse, CNN, 17 Feb. 2024
  • The dynamic — and dynasty — changed in 1982 with the birth of Prince Charles and Princess Diana’s first child.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 15 Aug. 2023
  • In this sageuk, Lee Joon plays a man whose father becomes the king of a new dynasty.
    — Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2022
  • And the hot take will be the inevitable crumbling of the Patriot dynasty.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 3 Dec. 2019
  • Will the Cubs be the latest example of the dynasty that never was?
    — Matt Martell, SI.com, 9 Sep. 2019
  • The game marked the beginning of what some call a historic dynasty.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 12 Jan. 2024
  • That was the beginning of the Krick restaurant dynasty.
    — Dana Oland, idahostatesman, 16 June 2017
  • Qianlong was the fourth emperor of the Qing dynasty who reigned for six decades.
    — Hafsa Khalil, CNN, 12 May 2023
  • One foot in and one foot out is no way for James to keep pace with a budding Bay Area dynasty.
    — Ben Golliver, SI.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Green, for the fourth time this year and for the umpteenth time of this dynasty, lost his cool in such a manner that removed him from the court.
    — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 27 Mar. 2024
  • That’s a football dynasty, and somebody’s got to get them at some point.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 9 Nov. 2019
  • The Cubs talked openly of building a dynasty in the wake of that championship.
    — John Perrotto, Forbes, 28 May 2021
  • Here's a look at how survival of the world's oldest dynasty rests on the shoulders of a schoolboy.
    — CNN, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Fans who were there before Dwight Clark soared into the air and came down with a dynasty in his hands.
    — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 16 Oct. 2020
  • The film chronicles the rise of the Von Erich wrestling dynasty in the 1980s, and also covers the tragic deaths of many of the Von Erich brothers.
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
  • But the second eldest son in a dynasty of American football players didn't come to play.
    — Jay Stahl, USA TODAY, 4 July 2024
  • Several Heisman winners did not make the cut; nor did coach Pete Carroll, despite his decade-long dynasty.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 July 2024

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