Use "usurp" in a sentence

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1. The duke attempted to usurp the throne.

2. Their position enabled them to usurp power.

3. He attempted to usurp the principal's authority.

4. Summary: Absalom attempts to usurp his father’s throne.

5. The king's bastard plotted to usurp the throne.

6. He did it in order to usurp the throne.

7. But many congressmen think it would usurp their responsibilities.

8. Did she usurp his place in his mother's heart?

9. Their greatest goal is to usurp power from the Fangs.

10. In so doing they do not usurp the legislative function.

11. He accused Congress of trying usurp the authority of the President.

12. He intervened probably with the ambition to usurp Antipater's power.

13. 16 The vice - president is trying to usurp the president's authority.

14. Critics say such councils usurp the power of elected municipal governments.

15. There were a couple of attempts to usurp the young king.

16. Statement: Mark have made copyright protect, usurp will look into legal responsibility.

17. An ambitious prince concocts a devious scheme to usurp his father’s throne.

18. Java indeed is beginning to usurp the standard network operating environment.

19. 23 synonyms for Arrogate: seize, demand, assume, appropriate, presume, usurp, commandeer, expropriate

20. My lusts usurp the present tense And strangle Reason in his seat.

21. He became so ambitious that he finally plotted to usurp the throne.

22. Industrialism began to usurp the production and distribution functions of the family.

23. Anagrammatizing is a simple tool that has been used not only to usurp the Turkish language but also to usurp the ancient Turanian Tur/Turk/Oguz peoples and their civilization

24. The Congress wants to reverse the reforms and usurp the power of the presidency.

25. Synonyms for Commandeer include appropriate, seize, expropriate, take, confiscate, arrogate, usurp, sequester, sequestrate and annexe

26. When he became unbalanced in his thinking, he arrogantly tried to usurp certain priestly duties.

27. The constitutional system defines but does not usurp the powers and responsibilities of government and parliament.

28. A remarkable proportion regard the technical investigator as an unwelcome intruder who presumes to usurp the coroner's function.

29. No entity or individual may usurp on, buy or sell or by any other means transfer sea areas.

30. Arrogate verb seize, demand, assume, appropriate, presume, usurp, commandeer, expropriate, claim unduly He Arrogated the privilege to himself alone

31. Such corporations tend to usurp the functions of local elected authorities which are simultaneously subjected to greater central control.

32. Verb seize, demand, assume, appropriate, presume, usurp, commandeer, expropriate, claim unduly He Arrogated the privilege to himself alone

33. Aegisthus is the current King of Argos, having murdered Agamemnon fifteen years earlier to usurp the throne (and the Queen)

34. Arrogate verb seize, demand, assume, appropriate, presume, usurp, commandeer, expropriate, claim unduly He Arrogated the privilege to himself alone

35. It is in vain for any man to usurp the name of Christian, without holiness of life, purity of manners, Benignity …

36. When Khurshid came of age, Farrukhan prepared to hand over power, but his own sons disagreed and tried to usurp the throne.

37. Yet already there is a variation: Cyberstalking, in which the perpetrator uses information and communications technology (ICT) to usurp a victim's identity

38. Chiang Kai-shek who is trying to usurp the fruits of victory of the War of Resistance and ourselves who oppose his usurpation. Sentencedict.com

39. A story about a jealous uncle whose attempts to usurp the throne from the rightful king cost the Seven Kingdoms dearly in blood and gold.

40. Chiang Kai-shek who is trying to usurp the fruits of victory of the War of Resistance and ourselves who oppose his usurpation.

41. Asterisks are jewel-like objects that were created by the Sage Yulyana in his plot to usurp the Crystal Orthodoxy's authority in "granting vocations"

42. Hence, the wife should not attempt to usurp or undercut her husband’s position as head by disputing with him in front of the children.

43. When he went to his astrologers and his diviners for an interpretation, they told him that his grandson was destined to one day usurp him.

44. It is in vain for any man to usurp the name of Christian, without holiness of life, purity of manners, benignity and meekness of spirit.

45. Some scholars speculate that Thutmose ousted his older brother in order to usurp power and then commissioned the Dream Stele in order to justify his unexpected kingship.

46. The remaining members of the Folding Circle later crashed in Madripoor and attempted to usurp the role of local druglord, which was then held by Aardwolf, a Mutant crimelord.

47. The aim of intrusion tolerance is that the system could also provide the service when the level of service is receded (the intrusion has usurp on the system).

48. As the story goes, the Han people of that time resented the Mongol rule of the Yuan Dynasty and revolutionaries, led by Chu Yuan-chang, plotted to usurp the throne.

49. At present it takes the form of a struggle between Chiang Kai-shek who is trying to usurp the fruits of victory of the War of Resistance and ourselves who oppose his usurpation.

50. Arrogate: 1 v seize and take control without authority and possibly with force; take as one's right or possession Synonyms: assume , seize , take over , usurp Types: show 7 types hide 7 types annex take (territory) as if by conquest appropriate , capture , conquer , seize take possession of by force, as after an invasion preoccupy occupy