How to Use reign in a Sentence

reign

1 of 2 noun
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  • She was a popular ruler throughout her reign.
  • The reign of the Hays Code also came to an end in 1968.
    — Hazlitt, 6 Sep. 2023
  • So for the first time in her 68-year reign, the Queen will have to watch from home.
    — Chloe Foussianes, Town & Country, 16 June 2020
  • Will chaos reign again in 2023, or will the race return to form?
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Still, Pass Over’s reign hardly feels like a luck of the draw.
    — Brittani Samuel, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The truth of the matter is that the nicki Minaj reign is up.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 5 July 2018
  • The Spartans’ reign at the top — at least to start the season — will be short-lived.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 6 Nov. 2019
  • Now, in the show’s final season, Claire holds the reigns.
    — Lonnie Firestone, Glamour, 10 Nov. 2018
  • Lengthy reigns at the top may be the next thing to get disrupted.
    — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 15 Feb. 2019
  • Not the reign of the royals in Britain, but the Netflix series about them.
    — David L. Coddon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The Na'vis' reign at the box office continues for a fifth week in a row.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 15 Jan. 2023
  • But of all the oversized pastas, there are some that reign supreme.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 5 June 2018
  • That was just the first few months of Villanueva’s reign.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Nov. 2022
  • The narrative at the time was that in a moment like this, chaos reigns.
    — Alvin Melathe, The Atlantic, 11 Apr. 2020
  • The Na'vi reign at the domestic box office has come to an end.
    — Jessica Wang, EW.com, 15 Feb. 2022
  • So will they be forced to join her and who will be joining Sam in her new reign?
    — Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 1 Nov. 2019
  • Camilla may have worn the brooch to symbolize the queen's long reign.
    — Amy Haneline, USA TODAY, 19 Sep. 2022
  • The slave trade was abolished in 1807 during King George’s reign.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 4 May 2023
  • Pound for pound, the blue whale’s reign is indisputable.
    — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Many kids get free reign of the basement for sleepovers.
    — Liz Stinson, Curbed, 20 July 2018
  • But the reign of the Sanfordiacaulis was short-lived, the researchers said.
    — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 3 Feb. 2024
  • To help with the costs of her reign, Cotton needed to find sponsors.
    — Molly Hudson, azcentral, 4 July 2019
  • But despite the zoo’s best efforts to keep it healthy, the historic oak’s reign has come to an end.
    — Teresa Nowakowski, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 May 2023
  • The fish tube's reign began last week, but also five years ago.
    — Emma Grey Ellis, WIRED, 19 Aug. 2019
  • In this set, notes like vanilla, chocolate, and caramel reign supreme.
    — Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 25 May 2023
  • But there’s still 11 years to savor my reign as the family’s king of beers.
    — Richard Espinoza, kansascity.com, 11 May 2017
  • His reign was cut prematurely short by a bull that had the gall to fight back.
    — K. Austin Collins, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2021
  • Big bodies kind of reign supreme during that run for those teams.
    — oregonlive.com, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Jason took the reigns amidst the pandemic and has continued to do so amidst the war in Ukraine.
    — Kristin L. Wolfe, Forbes, 24 Feb. 2024
  • Also, the brothers kind of gave me free reign to kind of just freak the hell out, so that was pretty fun.
    — Laura Bradley, vanityfair.com, 28 Oct. 2017
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reign

2 of 2 verb
  • The lion reigns as king of the jungle.
  • The king reigned in a time of peace and prosperity.
  • For years, Bud Light has reigned supreme in the U.S. beer market.
    — Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The one thing that might reign the Taliban in is that the group needs young Afghans.
    — Yasmeen Serhan, The Atlantic, 20 Aug. 2021
  • Teach me to turn to You in prayer, trust You to be in charge and let Your peace reign over me.
    — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 12 Oct. 2022
  • In their place, K-pop groups like BTS have reigned supreme.
    — Scottie Andrew, CNN, 14 May 2023
  • After four decades in the business, Ian Schrager still reigns as the king of cool.
    — Ian Malone, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2019
  • The reigning rookie of the year won Houston in his first try.
    — Jason McDaniel, Houston Chronicle, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Will the South girls continue to reign supreme at state?
    — Josh Reed, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Nov. 2022
  • And, across the board, fraught period pieces reign supreme.
    — NBC News, 3 Nov. 2021
  • Three of the last four reigning champs have crashed out in the first round — home before the postcards.
    — Mark Zeigler, sandiegouniontribune.com, 13 June 2018
  • That being said, the camp theme will always reign supreme for me!
    — Christopher Ros, Glamour, 13 Sep. 2021
  • There's no doubt about it — Madonna is still the reigning Queen of Pop.
    — Jenna Wang, Peoplemag, 15 Oct. 2023
  • In a world where the avant-garde meets the ethereal, Susan Fang reigns supreme.
    — Angela Lei, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2024
  • The reigning state champs had a rough day at the ball park Thursday in Fairbanks.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2018
  • Will rats reign supreme for the next round on national TV?
    — Samantha Incorvaia, azcentral, 26 July 2019
  • Robinson wanted to do more, but the coaching staff had to reign him in.
    — Chris Bumbaca, USA TODAY, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Monster Mash' once reigned supreme on the Billboard charts.
    — Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 11 July 2019
  • Spinoffs reigned supreme on the English-Language TV chart.
    — Breanna Bell, Variety, 23 May 2023
  • Bhumibol was the world’s longest-reigning monarch at the time of his death.
    — Sunil Jagtiani, Bloomberg.com, 8 Sep. 2017
  • Followed by Swift is Bad Bunny, who has reigned at No. 1 for the past two years.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The cocktail servers wear masks now, but free drinks still reign on most casino floors 24 hours a day.
    — Dawn Gilbertson, USA TODAY, 7 June 2020
  • But, they were based on a real rock band that reigned the decade—Fleetwood Mac.
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Only two things reign over that 66-mile jungle: lethal wildlife and gangs.
    — Paola Ramos, Vogue, 7 Apr. 2021
  • Yet, that statement didn’t come out of the mouth of a reigning Bachelorette lead.
    — Ariana Romero, refinery29.com, 15 Apr. 2020
  • Britain continues to reign supreme in the world of bespoke suiting.
    — Isiah Magsino, Town & Country, 6 Dec. 2022
  • For those feeling bad about their necks, Botox can help reign in the ropy platysmal bands that jut out with age.
    — Jolene Edgar, Town & Country, 14 Sep. 2017
  • The new king could have chosen to reign under a different name.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 10 Sep. 2022
  • In Venice, Hollywood glamour reigned on the red carpet (even if many stars opted to skip the event in light of the strikes).
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Soon it was picked up by colleges, in an attempt to reign in large outbreaks, then cities and states.
    — Erin Prater, Fortune, 12 Aug. 2022

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