reigning

[ US /ˈɹeɪnɪŋ/ ]
[ UK /ɹˈe‍ɪnɪŋ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
  1. exercising power or authority
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How To Use reigning In A Sentence

  • Tony Meola, the league's reigning MVP, was as inspirational as he was dynamic last season.
  • Then Pakistan edged past the reigning world champions Holland 2-1.
  • I am concerned to rule out certain options - because if they're not ruled out then we have fall into an "anything goes" mentality - for we have removed the very moral norms that would allow people to condemn what Hamas is doing and also prevent people from reigning in subrational feelings of vengeance/destruction/hate which tend to lead to brutal actions. On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
  • Christ's spiritual body (Col 1: 24). they ... also -- as well as myself: both God's elect not yet converted and those already so. salvation ... glory -- not only salvation from wrath, but glory in reigning with Him eternally (2Ti 2: 12). Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
  • The accession of the Dutch prince to the throne had agonized the Tories because it set aside both the reigning (or "abdicated") king and the Prince of Wales.
  • Their name, which he had long avoided mentioning, was incessantly on his lips: but always the same, always inclined naturally and systematically, to have more strings than one to his bow, he appeared to incline alternately _for the younger branch, and for the reigning branch_. Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. II
  • For a reigning monarch, that might be considered irresponsible. BLOOD AGAINST THE SNOWS: The Tragic Story of Nepal's Royal Dynasty
  • That followed another hattrick at Thirsk on Monday for the reigning champ. The Sun
  • The day that he accused a reigning King of murder was the day he signed his own death warrant, and he knew it. HERE BE DRAGONS
  • REIGNING Philippine mini-flyweight champion Denver Cuello takes his act in the weekly boxing show 'In This Corner' as he battles Michael Landero in a 10-round bout to be shown Sunday night (7 p.m. to 8 p.m.) over NBN-4. PhilBoxing.com - XML News RSS/RDF Feed
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