Use cleopatra in a sentence
Sentences starting with cleopatra
- Cleopatra noticed what was passing in her brother's mind, and in order to interrupt his further speech and to divert his mind to fresh thoughts, she said cheerfully: "Let us then give up the procession, and think of some other mode of celebrating your birthday. [10]
- Cleopatra had fled to the tomb as soon as the fortune of war turned in favour of Octavianus. [10]
- Cleopatra now turned to the "introducer," waving her hand towards the throne and those who surrounded it. [10]
- Cleopatra was accustomed to hear these mysterious sayings from his lips, and interpreted them in her own way. [10]
- Cleopatra allowed them to depart without speaking a word; only to Publius she said: "Till we meet again! [10]
- Cleopatra had sought the venerable Anubis, who now, as the priest of Alexander, at the age of eighty, ruled the whole hierarchy of the country. [10]
- Cleopatra had interrupted the torrent of his enthusiastic speech with many a question, meanwhile endeavouring to loose the veil wound about her head; but the little hands, unaccustomed to the task, failed. [10]
- Cleopatra herself laid the plans before me, even the secret portion showing the course of the subterranean chambers. [10]
- Cleopatra had purchased the house and garden of Didymus at thrice their value, the architect added. [10]
- Cleopatra stabs with the dagger, and her hand wields the united power of her own might and of her yielding husband's. [10]
Sentences ending with cleopatra
- I vill show you Cleopatra. [9]
- If necessary, she would find means to thrust him also aside, spite of his sister Charmian and the old tie which united him to Cleopatra. [10]
- Imhotep, the physician, who often visits at the king's palace, saw her too, and told me her name is Zoe, and that she is lady-in-waiting to Queen Cleopatra. [10]
- At his side, when all was over, she would rest in the grave, and compel the world to remember with respectful sympathy the royal lovers, Antony and Cleopatra. [10]
- Now she longed to go to Cleopatra. [10]
- What do you think of that suggestion, Cleopatra? [10]
- Night brought little sleep to Cleopatra. [10]
- During these hours of rest Iras and Charmian had watched in turn beside Cleopatra. [10]
- Archibius valued this loyalty highly, but he knew what awaited any one who became the object of her hatred, and the fear that it would involve Barine in urgent peril was added to his still greater anxiety for Cleopatra. [10]
- Do you conceive it possible, Cleopatra? [10]
Short sentences using cleopatra
- It belonged to Cleopatra. [10]
- Cleopatra prized him also. [10]
- Because Cleopatra swallowed a pearl? [6]
- Was that Cleopatra? [10]
Sentences containing cleopatra two or more times
- As the old man stretched himself out on it, pale and suffering, he did not look much like a Cleopatra, but Beaton was struck with his effectiveness, and the likeness between him and his daughter; she would make a very good Cleopatra in some ways. [8]
More example sentences with the word cleopatra in them
- I will nominate your little Philopator heir to the throne, for I have no wish to contract a permanent tie with any woman, as Cleopatra belongs to you. [10]
- Now what would you say, Cleopatra, if I myself took a part in my procession--I say mine, since it is to be in my honor; that really would be for once something new and amusing. [10]
- She is thirteen years younger than Cleopatra, but her mistress holds the first place in her heart also. [10]
- An abundant supply would still remain, by virtue of which she might continue to sin without fearing that Cleopatra would ever part from her Charmian. [10]
- It was fought with very different weapons, and Cleopatra conquered. [10]
- The regents, leagued with Arsinoe, spread the rumour that Cleopatra would deliver Egypt up to Pompey, if the senate would secure to her the sole sovereignty of the new province, and leave her free to rid herself of her royal brother and husband. [10]
- Eight nimble hands, which were often aided by Iras's skilful fingers, toiled busily, and soon the latter could hold up the mirror before Cleopatra, exclaiming from the very depths of her heart, "Like the foam-born Aphrodite and the golden Hathor! [10]
- Was it this which agitated Cleopatra so violently that her voice lost its bewitching melody, as she went on in a harsh, angry tone?--"So that is the source of all this misfortune. [10]
- But shall Charmian--who, when her heart throbbed still more warmly and life lay fair before her, laid her first love upon the altar of sacrifice for her royal playfellow--abandon Cleopatra in misfortune from mere selfish scruples? [10]
- During their absence, when Charmian had been attacked by sickness, Cleopatra had often entrusted the care of her toilet to Aisopion, and had praised her skill. [10]
- Most of them were personally known to Cleopatra who, to their mutual pleasure and advantage, had measured her intellectual powers with the most brilliant minds of their body. [10]
- On either side were niches containing statues of Antony and Cleopatra cast in dark bronze, and above the cornice were brazen figures of Love and Death, Fame and Silence, ennobling the Egyptian forms with exquisite works of Hellenic art. [10]
- For this purpose we placed Cleopatra in the centre of a larger group of people, whom she influences, and who enable her personality to be displayed in the various relations of life. [10]
- Several Asiatic princes vied with each other in the desire to honour Mark Antony by a magnificent funeral, but Octavianus had allowed Cleopatra to provide the most superb obsequies. [10]
- The youth spoke vehemently in Caesar's defence, and closed with the exclamation, "If he should still keep you in suspense, he would be not only cool and circumspect--" "Then," Cleopatra interrupted, "be nobler, be less cruel, and release your father's friend from these tortures. [10]
- That she possessed unusual mental endowments Cleopatra did not believe. [10]
- The little one understands very well what I am to him, and sees what Cleopatra is. [10]
- This was a tongue of land stretched like a finger into the sea, on whose point stood a little palace which Cleopatra, incited by a chance remark of Antony, had had built there to surprise him. [10]
- But Cleopatra seemed to take little pleasure in all these things, and said: "Yes, everything is admirable, just as it has always been every year for the last twenty years; but I did not come here to see but to listen. [10]
- Anubis had intended to remind Cleopatra of his refusal, and show her the great danger incurred by mortals who strove to use powers beyond their sphere. [10]
- When the order to destroy the statues of Antony and Cleopatra was issued, Octavianus gave his contemporaries another proof of his disposition to be lenient, for he ordered that the numerous statues of the Queen in Alexandria and Egypt should be preserved. [10]
- It had seemed to Cleopatra a crime to claim the blood of the noblest sons of the city for a cause which she herself deemed lost. [10]
- He understood how to bring her into close relations with Pothinus and other rulers of the state, and thus at last united all who possessed any power in the royal palace in an endeavour to thrust Cleopatra from the throne. [10]
- Though not yet thirty, he had directed--first as his late father's assistant and afterwards as his successor--the construction of the huge buildings erected by Cleopatra in Alexandria. [10]
- What would you think of a man who looked at some decayed, blind, toothless, pock-marked Cleopatra, and said: "What matchless beauty! [5]
- I--I, Cleopatra, was the wife of Mark Antony according to the customs of this country, when you wedded him to the widow of Marcellus, who had scarcely closed his eyes. [10]
- The news of the victory had reached their ears, and they wanted to offer sacrifices to the goddess whom Cleopatra, "the new Isis," preferred to all others. [10]
- When Cleopatra left the temple, Iras marvelled at the change in her appearance. [10]
- The Syrian saluted the startled young beauty with a formal bow, but Iras, without a greeting or even a single word of preparation, delivered the Queen's command, and then read aloud, by the light of the lantern, what Cleopatra had scrawled upon the wax tablet. [10]
- The position of the stars, however, had been so unfavourable that the more deeply Cleopatra entered into these matters, the less easy he found it to urge the mitigating influences of distant planets, which he had at first pointed out. [10]
- True, I attended the school of oratory, but when my father set the royal maiden a lesson, I was permitted to repeat mine on the same subject, and frequently I could not help admitting that Cleopatra had succeeded better than I. [10]
- Yet she left the Queen's presence anxious and troubled; for ere she quitted the room Cleopatra remarked that she had committed the singer's affairs to Alexas. [10]
- He began with the most fulsome praise of Cleopatra and Antony, reminding his hearers that the Imperator was a descendant of Herakles. [10]
- It is only the misled, deceived, abused Cleopatra whom I fear; for she herself is matchless in divine goodness. [10]
- Cleopatra, daughter of the Macedonian house of the Ptolemies, had the sole right to govern the city of her ancestors, founded by the great Macedonian. [10]
- They call Octavia the lawful wife, and Cleopatra the criminal who robbed her of her husband's heart. [10]
- But on reaching the former place he learned that Gorgias had gone to remove the statues of Cleopatra and Antony from the house of Didymus, and erect them in front of the Theatre of Dionysus. [10]
- And Cleopatra noticed the enthusiastic ardour of his glance. [10]
- It certainly enhanced the beauty of a face now only too frequently pallid and colourless, when rouge did not lend its aid; but Barine understood Archibius's ardent admiration for this rare woman, when Cleopatra, with a faint smile, requested her to approach. [10]
- But Cleopatra objected, that she was much taller than herself, and that she would have to stand by the Hebe, and lay her hand on her arm. [10]
- Flushed from the terrible exertion which she had just made, with tangled, dishevelled locks, gasping and moaning, Cleopatra, as if out of her senses, tore open her robe, beat her breast, and lacerated it with her nails. [10]
- It began with tears and reminded Cleopatra of the saying that she herself resembled a banquet served to celebrate a victory before the battle was won. [10]
- Children tell the tale of the strong man who bore Cleopatra in a sack through the palace portals. [10]
- The cheeks were sunken, the features had grown sharper, and there was a sorrowful expression in the eyes, which, when informing Cleopatra of his friend's condition, glittered with tears. [10]
- The plot had succeeded, but the document had reminded Cleopatra that her heart had given this man the first of its flowers, that love for him had been the sunshine of her life. [10]
- The asp had struck its fangs into the upper part of her arm like an icy flash of lightning, and a few instants later Cleopatra sank back upon her pillows lifeless. [10]
- Therefore he repeated some especially ardent words, to which Cleopatra listened with grateful joy. [10]
- His attitude expressed so much arrogance and puerile, defiant, unruly audacity, that Cleopatra found it difficult to suppress an exclamation of disgust before she spoke. [10]
- Away from her sister, she would have commanded the utmost admiration; but Cleopatra was like the sun, beside which every other heavenly body pales. [10]
- From all these signs Cleopatra now saw plainly, in her lover's victory, only the last flicker of a dying fire; but so long as it burned he should see her follow its light. [10]
- Eulaeus cast a significant glance at Hierax and Cleopatra, went quite close up to the king, whispered a few words into his ear, and answered his brief questions in a low voice. [10]
- Iras is a shrewd woman, and will be glad if she can keep aloof from such trifles during the time which will decide the fate of Cleopatra and of the world. [10]
- Cleopatra wept for several minutes, and when she again raised her tear-stained face she said softly: "That did me good! [10]
- Never have I seen Cleopatra happier, more exalted in mind and heart, yet she was menaced on all sides by serious perils. [10]
- At last, the second hour after midnight, Cleopatra appeared. [10]
- He held a sealed roll or despatch in his right hand, and, while he bowed respectfully to Cleopatra, he seemed entirely to overlook the hands King Euergetes held out in welcome. [10]
- Cleopatra eagerly assented, saying: "Absence of pain has ceased to appear to me the chief earthly blessing, since I have known that love does not bring pleasure only, since I have learned that pain is the inseparable companion of love. [10]
- There is on record his application to the Virginia authorities in 1641 for leave to go into the Indian country and visit Cleopatra, his mother's sister. [4]
- At his side reclined Cleopatra, robed in light-blue garments adorned with lotus-flowers which, like the little coronet on her head, glittered with sapphires and pearls. [10]
- Cleopatra had good reason to fear that her foes might deliver Egypt unconditionally to Rome, if Caesar should leave the reins of government in their hands and shut her out. [10]
- But if you really care to learn what mental power Cleopatra once possessed, relieve me of this terrible burden of uncertainty, and grant me a position in life which will permit my paralyzed soul to move freely once more. [10]
- Cleopatra, too, was overwhelmed with emotion. [10]
- When her lips overflowed with the gratitude which filled her heart, Cleopatra admitted that it seemed as if, in aiding Barine's escape, she had rendered her a service. [10]
- He was pondering over the words in which to address the Queen, and within a few minutes the ship would have made her landing, and Cleopatra might cross the bridge. [10]
- No magic spell, only the gifts of mind and soul which the vanquished victor, the woman Cleopatra, owed to the favour of the immortals, had compelled his lofty manhood to yield. [10]
- But Cleopatra gave only partial attention. [10]
- Everything would depend on showing herself to Cleopatra as she was, not as slander represented her. [10]
- Barine is troublesome on account of Cleopatra, whom she wishes to spare every, annoyance, and perhaps she dislikes her a little for my sake. [10]
- If the leech Olympus--" "It must be," interrupted Cleopatra kindly. [10]
- Cleopatra said, "The Old Guard dies, but never surrenders. [5]
- A double line of torch-bearers had been stationed from the landing to the gate leading into the Bruchium, and the other on the north, which was the entrance to the palaces on the Lochias, since it was not known where Cleopatra would desire to go. [10]
- Cleopatra was aware of this, and begged Charmian to remember the asp. [10]
- At the end of the meal Cleopatra wished to rest. [10]
- Cleopatra assured them of her favour, and said that she had already offered ample compensation to the old philosopher. [10]
- I beg you now, come to Alexandria with Cleopatra for good, and share with me the palace and the gardens in the Bruchion. [10]
- Now there was nothing more to lose; but what might not Cleopatra bestow upon his master? [10]
- There could be nothing good awaiting her; that was proved by the messengers whom Cleopatra had sent to summon her at this unprecedented hour. [10]
- It was this, not the thrall of Cleopatra, I repeat, which first bound him to Egypt. [10]
- If Cleopatra did not give up the man to whom she had sworn fidelity forever, she was right--a thousand times right! [10]
- Cleopatra too had not failed to observe it, and listened with alert attention; for on such a day and in these apartments every dialogue, every noise in the king's antechamber might be of grave purport. [10]
- Now they were no longer allowed to leave Lochias, but neither Cleopatra nor Arsinoe made many inquiries about them. [10]
- So, in the name of the Senate, King Euergetes, I require you to permit King Philometor your brother, and Queen Cleopatra your sister, to proceed hence, whithersoever they will. [10]
- You, who know my life from its beginning, tell me--must I veil my head in shame when the question is asked, what powers of intellect, what talents industry, and desire for good Cleopatra displayed? [10]
- Look at the mummy of Thothmes at Boulak, and think what Cleopatra must look like now. [11]
- One of Octavianus's most brilliant plans was frustrated by her death, and he had raved furiously when he read the letter in which Cleopatra, with her own hand, informed him of her intention to die. [10]
- The woman-hunter had met with rare game in his pursuit of the fairest, and while he continued his conversation with Cleopatra her father sometimes joined in, and his deep laughter was often heard. [10]
- Do not give me up to the woman who hates me because the man whom she--" Here Cleopatra interrupted her. [10]
- I was chosen master, but I perceived that Cleopatra desired the position, so she took my place. [10]
- Cleopatra rejoiced to mark his long slow draught, for she thought the Roman meant to imply by it that he could not cease to esteem himself happy in the favor she had shown him. [10]
- Cleopatra has done many things which are forgiven only in a queen, but that she should become the tool of her brother's basest passions, even you, Philammon, could hardly regard as likely, though you are always prepared to expect evil rather than good. [10]
- Cleopatra listened to Lucilius with sympathy, and then asked whether there was no way of cheering or comforting the wretched man. [10]
- But Cleopatra ardently longed to see her dying lover. [10]
- When Charmian had left Cleopatra and sought her chamber, she found Barine sound asleep, but Anukis was awaiting her, and her mistress told her with what deep anxiety for Barine she had quitted the presence of the Queen. [10]
- A few minutes later Cleopatra knew her impending ignominy. [10]
- As long as language lives the name of Cleopatra will live. [5]
- The leech Olympus--you know the good old man--had insisted that the delicate Cleopatra must spend the coldest winter months in Upper Egypt, where the sky was never clouded, and the summer near the sea in a shady garden. [10]
- Cleopatra submitted, saying kindly, "Something else, I see, is weighing on your heart. [10]
- Cleopatra goes to it whenever she longs for repose after the pursuit of pleasures which have lost their zest. [10]
- Cleopatra had had it placed upon the ship which, by her orders, had been built for her friend. [10]
- She had deemed it a duty, aided by the Keeper of the Seal, to anticipate her mistress in cases where her kind heart would have found it difficult to pronounce a severe sentence, and Cleopatra had permitted it, though without commendation or praise. [10]
This page helps answer: how do I use the word cleopatra in a sentence? How do you use cleopatra in a sentence? Can you give me a sentence for the word cleopatra? It contains example sentences with the word cleopatra, a sentence example for cleopatra, and cleopatra in sample sentence.