Example sentences for: usurped

How can you use “usurped” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Once the premier opera house in the city, it has been usurped by the Muziek Theater, but still hosts regular performances of visiting and Dutch companies, being home to the Toneelgroep drama group.

  • [ 7 ] Aggressive treatment of distressing symptomatology contributes to overall quality of life and restores to the patient some of the freedom and autonomy usurped by the disease process.

  • While the other papers all call this the centerpiece of Clinton's China trip, the WP claims that Clinton's team thought the televised press conference with Jiang Zemin had usurped this role, and so were downplaying the Beijing speech.

  • The tabs found themselves usurped in this scandal-enriched world, and it showed in declining circulation.

  • The essence of the story, which I found on the hidden gem of the Internet, mediagossip.com, is that he hasn't broken any stories since Monica and has seen his unique selling proposition usurped by other would-be Web Winchells.


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