reigning in English

adjective

1

occupying the throne; ruling.

the official residence of the reigning monarch

verb

1

hold royal office; rule as king or queen.

Queen Elizabeth reigns over the UK

synonyms: ruling, regnant, on the throne, be king/queen, be monarch, be sovereign, sit on the throne, wear the crown, rule

adjective

ruling, regnant, on the throne
incumbent, current
prevailing, existing, current, usual, common, recognized, established, accepted, popular, widespread
regnant, ruling

verb

be king/queen, prevail, predominate
be king/queen, be monarch, be sovereign, sit on the throne, wear the crown, rule
prevail, exist, be present, be the case, occur, be prevalent, be current, be rife, be rampant, be the order of the day, be in force, be in effect, obtain
predominate, rule, dominate, prevail

Use "reigning" in a sentence

1. Who are the reigning European football champions?

2. She's the reigning queen of crime writers.

3. The government is reigning in public expenditure.

4. They are already reigning in political freedoms.

5. Sue Wright is Britain's reigning squash champion.

6. Similar panic was reigning in the kitchens.

7. The child's father is the reigning monarch.

8. Day prince is finished secondary of the reigning emperor

9. Sue Wright is Britain's reigning squash champion. Sentencedict.com

10. He was easily beaten by the reigning world champion.

11. Reigning Ayatollahs of the right soon to be powerless

12. But current reigning champ, Ripslinger, is just seconds behind him.

13. Yesterday, the Copyedits for Chaos Reigning landed in my inbox

14. Bjorn Borg was the reigning Wimbledon champion for five years.

15. She is also the reigning champion, having won four consecutive games.

16. As directed actually against him and against his reigning King.

17. Cyan Racing is the reigning World Champion team of touring car racing

18. The reigning king, Saul, was determined to put him to death.

19. She was crowned by the reigning Miss Earth winner, Alyz Henrich.

20. Twigg, the reigning world champ in pursuit, should strike gold again.

21. + So they went to Damascus+ and settled there and began reigning in Damascus.

22. The reigning champion scraped home just 9 seconds ahead of his nearest rival.

23. Saw the bright eyed and Bushy browed reigning queen in Austin, TX tonight.

24. Banak was once the reigning evil priest in all the Bloodstone Lands

25. He was like a lunatic reigning in a madhouse over an imaginary kingdom.

26. When the year started, Henry Cejudo (16-2) was the reigning UFC Bantamweight king

27. Saw the bright eyed and Bushy browed reigning queen in Austin, TX tonight

28. Scientists even begin to express openly their discontent with and unease over the reigning paradigm.

29. There were a total of fifteen reigning khans, some ascending the throne multiple times.

30. Rozner Birdied the ninth to go 2-up on reigning US Open champion DeChambeau

31. Other women writers were read in such a way as to assimilate them to reigning categories.

32. FC Twente were the reigning champions, having won their first Dutch championship the previous season.

33. He was the reigning world champion and he'd won the first two races of the season.

34. Reigning Empress Anna Ivanovna was very cautious about any potentially unsettling activity in her realm.

35. It honors the birthday of Emperor Shōwa (Hirohito), the reigning emperor from 1926 to 1989.

36. As we saw, they haven't even gravitated towards protecting our ports or reigning in loose nukes.

37. Bartholomew Bargee is a resident of Lobinden and the reigning arm wrestling champion in the Flotsam area

38. Soon, the crushing of Satan (and his seed) will begin under God’s now-reigning King, Christ Jesus.

39. The current reigning emperor is fatuous and self - indulgent , he just hunts in the hunting enclosure everyday.

40. Our Leader, the reigning heavenly King, Jesus Christ, moves at the head of our advancing column.

41. Extracts from the acta senatus, especially all the decrees and Acclamationes [Acclamatio] in honour of the reigning emperor

42. 5 The reigning King Jesus Christ gave an enlarged assignment to his steward, or house manager, on earth.

43. It killed an estimated 400,000 Europeans each year in the 18th century, including five reigning European monarchs.

44. Fittipaldi's victory made the championship score 4- Points to the pretender and 27 to the reigning champion.

45. Matthew Toye Even after a 10 year absence Antaeus are still the reigning kings of French black metal

46. Baller was once among the reigning sneakerheads with the most expensive collection of sneakers in the world

47. The viewers see not just the reigning person, but the empress of the powerful state, the Autocratrix

48. 15 David kept reigning over all Israel,+ and David was administering justice and righteousness+ for all his people.

49. He built a lavish palace, the Jurakudai, in 1587 and entertained the reigning emperor, Go-Yōzei, the following year.

50. 'Violent Conjunctures in Democratic India situates India’s now-reigning party, the BJP, in a deeply illuminating comparative perspective