Example sentences for: usurped

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

  • [ 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.

  • 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.

  • However Ayyubid control was weak and power was usurped by their Turkish slaves, called mamelukes, who succeeded in founding a dynasty that lasted from 1251 to 1517.

  • Perhaps that would embarrass him into retiring, having plumbed depths of behavior unworthy of a scout guide, let alone the defense minister of a country on whose role in recovering usurped Arab rights so much hope was pinned."

  • 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.


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