put on a crown

Frequency: 6.57.2 per million words

To place a crown on one's own or someone else's head.

crownVERB + CROWN

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put on

Examples (10)

  • The new king will put on the crown during the coronation ceremony.
  • In the fairytale, the prince had to put on the magical crown to prove his lineage.
  • With great solemnity, the archbishop put the crown on the new queen's head.
  • The actress playing the queen nervously put on her crown before going on stage.
  • "I will not put on this crown until the people have spoken," he declared.
  • For her birthday party, the little girl happily put on her sparkling paper crown.
  • He hesitated for a moment before he put on the crown, understanding the weight of his new role.
  • Before the official portrait, the emperor had to put on the heavy imperial crown.
  • Putting on the crown for the first time is a moment no monarch ever forgets.
  • As the victor of the game, she got to put on the winner's crown.