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Meanings of scepter (scepters) in inglês
Sinônimos
Examples for "verge"
Examples for "verge"
1
She encouraged the general idea of the verge of a nervous breakdown.
2
The good God had snatched herself from the verge of the grave.
3
India is on the verge of reaching the one billion population mark.
4
We were always on the verge of starvation; our sufferings were terrible.
5
Tennis is on the verge of the greatest increase in its history.
1
This did not prevent him, however, from commenting on James' new wand.
2
The left hand was held palm out, the right clutched his wand.
3
And Larry Oblivion has been using his magic wand to good effect.
4
I was too young to bear a wand, thus I was spared.
5
One of them remained long enough to approach James, flourishing his wand.
1
The man was openly exultant; he stood for Demos grasping the sceptre.
2
I swear it; I swear it by my sceptre and my throne.
3
By this victory the sceptre was replaced in the hands of Henry.
4
The sceptre had slipped from his hand and lay in his lap.
5
The three-pronged sceptre or trident of Poseidon reappears constantly in ancient history.
Usage of scepters in inglês
1
Crowns, thrones, scepters, titles, privileges belong to the past; they are doomed.
2
Isis brought him a crook and flail-thetwin scepters of the pharaohs.
3
What wealth or what scepters would I exchange for my tranquil reading?
4
The Powers held out their scepters to the lately prostrate and ignored country.
5
They are looking for crowns and scepters and a shower of gold coin.
6
But I understood now that being queen wasn't about sparkling crowns or scepters.
7
We have not yet grasped the scepters of provided dominion.
8
For near the hands lay golden scepters, with crystal balls.
9
The gilt of the scepters, and halos, and capes showed up dazzlingly against this background.
10
A scepter, similar to those likenesses of scepters, imbedded among the corals at his feet.
11
The scepters of kings are broken in pieces.
12
Father and Mother, each clutching the scepters, gave them to us with only a few words.
13
We have abolished crowns and scepters.
14
The streetlamps remained ornate blackened scepters.
15
He turned back to the Irish girls who swirled around the pool table, carrying their cues like scepters.
16
And now the stream of liberty broadened, and before long became a flood that swept away thrones and scepters.
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Scepters through the time