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- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
reign .
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Examples
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When silence once again reigned, Zarek-Amun went back to smiling as his broom swept dirt from the stones.
Archive 2010-06-01 Ulysses 2010
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When silence once again reigned, Zarek-Amun went back to smiling as his broom swept dirt from the stones.
Ee! Ulysses 2010
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Sin reigned unto death; it was a cruel bloody reign.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation) 1721
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Carizime, who reigned from the Persian Gulf to the borders of India and Turkestan; and who, in the proud imitation of Alexander the
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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While Joscelin reigned beyond the Euphrates, his elder brother Milo, the son of Joscelin, the son of Atho, continued, near the Seine, to possess the castle of their fathers, which was at length inherited by Rainaud, or Reginald, the youngest of his three sons.
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire 1206
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After the FD was abolished free political speech and expression reigned on the airwaves.
Eric Alterman thinks there should be a "blogging council" to condemn bloggers who go wrong. Ann Althouse 2007
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She was born when Queen Victoria still reigned, which is a completely alien concept to me!
sheepdip Diary Entry sheepdip 2002
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In the upturned features of the men, what a manly, yet what a devout expression reigned!
A Love Story A Bushman
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But the mood soon passed and optimism again reigned.
Purple Springs 1921
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Fire and sword reigned throughout the magnificent capital of Mo; its people were being swept into eternity with a relentless brutality that was absolutely fiendish.
The Great White Queen A Tale of Treasure and Treason William Le Queux 1895
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