How To Use Relinquished In A Sentence

  • Two years later she was omitted from the European squad that relinquished the trophy in Minnesota.
  • In power they have relinquished that role. Times, Sunday Times
  • Unlike partnerships in which the partners decide policy, in the business corporation the equity owners relinquished their privilege in favour of the directors.
  • He relinquished the Armed Services chairmanship in order to head the Appropriations Committee, where he secured continued funding for the war.
  • Women also took on managerial roles for the first time, but relinquished their positions as soon as the men came back from fighting. Times, Sunday Times
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  • In power they have relinquished that role. Times, Sunday Times
  • In 1983, the junta relinquished power. Times, Sunday Times
  • She relinquished her claim to the property.
  • He relinquished this perk as he himself prefers to live with his large family in a shack in the location.
  • Drawn by a total revulsion of ideas from the chain of thinking that had led him to composition, he relinquished his annotations in resentment of this dismission, when he might have pursued them uninterruptedly without neglect of other avocations. Camilla
  • How could this possibly be relinquished?
  • I laughed so much with both surprise and delight that I gladly relinquished the bread to gabbling beaks and they went on their way to steam-roller another 'insouciant' picnicker. Ame soeur - French Word-A-Day
  • She has relinquished the post to her cousin, Sir Edward.
  • There the women are free to work and hold positions of power, while the men are kept sequestered in prisons called mardanas this is a play on words: in Hossain's time, women were relinquished to a part of the house called zenana, and mard is the Urdu word for man. NPR Topics: News
  • appley" scale and had the same outstanding texture of the russet: firm, yet just soft enough to have relinquished itself to the pie. Serious Eats
  • In 1806 he relinquished the crown of the Holy Roman Empire.
  • She relinquished all rights to motherhood. The Sun
  • Christian should reluctantly give up, one by one, the pleasures of the world; and look back upon them, when relinquished, with eyes of wistfulness and regret: because he knows not the sweetness of the delights with which true Christianity repays those trifling sacrifices, and is greatly unacquainted with the _nature_ of that pleasantness which is to be found in the ways of Religion. A Practical View of the Prevailing Religious System of Professed Christians, in the Middle and Higher Classes in this Country, Contrasted with Real Christianity.
  • She relinquished all rights to motherhood. The Sun
  • Even when we have relinquished this infantine period, we are seldom left destitute of religious instruction.
  • He relinquished the hope of ever straightening out people like me.
  • Sonsona who decided to move up two weight divisions told us he expects a "very competitive fight" when he meets undefeated Vazquez Jr for the WBO super bantamweight title relinquished by Juan Manuel "Juanma" Lopez who moved up to featherweight and won the title with a battering of Steven Luevano. PhilBoxing.com - XML News RSS/RDF Feed
  • Gqozo later issued a decree amending the homeland's constitution to allow sovereignty to be relinquished.
  • The militias have relinquished control of the airport and largely vanished from the clogged streets. Times, Sunday Times
  • She relinquished possession of the house to her sister.
  • Fischer, a child prodigy became the United States' only world chess champion by defeating Soviet masters, but refused to defend his title and relinquished it to the Soviet champion Anatoly Karpov in 1975. Yahoo! News: Business - Opinion
  • He has relinquished his claim to the throne.
  • Their lawyer told the court that, since they had relinquished any claim to the child, there was no purpose in continuing the application.
  • But the Danish Viking relinquished his hold upon Bernicia and, moving south in the following year, possessed himself of the kingdom of York.
  • He had relinquished all hope that she was alive.
  • In power they have relinquished that role. Times, Sunday Times
  • A year after launch, it was America's most popular diet drink, a position it has never relinquished.
  • Convinced that ‘image is everything’, they have relinquished manufacturing to become bargain hunters in search of the best deal in the global mall.
  • She relinquished her claim to the property.
  • I relinquished my hold on the rope at once.
  • It was with bitter ill-will that he relinquished these comforts (which he called his studies) in order to recommence a hard ride upon a high-trotting horse. Old Mortality
  • He had relinquished all hope that she was alive.
  • By that time, the composer had relinquished serial methods and pursued a process of simplification.
  • They relinquished government rather than compromise their principles of arbitration in workplace relations.
  • She relinquished all rights to motherhood. The Sun
  • Rep Ross has relinquished any semblance of leadership, and has kowtowed to lobbyists and misinformation. Blue Dog will vote against bill with public option
  • It appears that the imperial chapel was reorganized in 1545, and Crecquillon probably then relinquished the position of maître de chapelle, which was united with that of maître des enfants, with Cornelius Canis assuming the combined role. Archive 2009-06-01
  • Nevertheless, I relinquished not my hold, for I was truly attached to the fellow, and in due time we made a mile, though I know the cyclometer would have recorded ten. St. Cuthbert's
  • I think I shall have a mighty awesome night tonight .... and may even tell u all about it tomorrow ... (hmm perhaps not ALL) * cachinnate* relinquished - curiosity Phelicity Diary Entry
  • The mouth had not quite relinquished rotundity of curve for the firm angularities of middle life; and the eyes, though keen, permeated rather than penetrated: what they had lost of their boy-time brightness by a dozen years of hard reading lending a quietness to their gaze which suited them well. A Pair of Blue Eyes
  • And accordingly the latest writers on this subject have relinquished that accusation; they no longer charge the old pedagogue with such an effort of genius; they confine themselves to accusing him of ingratitude towards his benefactress, which is as much as to say that a little personal favour, even when well earned, is to compel a man to shut his eyes henceforward to the character and conduct of the person who has conferred it, and that both patriotic feeling and political policy are to be quenched by a pension, which is a strange view. Royal Edinburgh Her Saints, Kings, Prophets and Poets
  • His lover has admitted her sin and relinquished her claim. Christianity Today
  • He relinquished the protectorship without regret, to live as a subject; and in the tranquillity of a country life he enjoyed health and possessed his soul in peace for ninety years, beloved by his neighbors, to whom he was a peacemaker and a father. A Philosophical Dictionary
  • His lover has admitted her sin and relinquished her claim. Christianity Today
  • She relinquished all rights to motherhood. The Sun
  • Amy, his wife, naturally relinquished her job as secretary to John and actively encouraged him.
  • Unlike partnerships in which the partners decide policy, in the business corporation the equity owners relinquished their privilege in favour of the directors.
  • In 1983, the junta relinquished power. Times, Sunday Times
  • They had relinquished all hope that she was alive.
  • He, who relinquished his executive's job in an insurance company to take the plunge into active politics, is keen on taking an untrodden path.
  • Robert relinquished his claim in return for Henry's territories in Normandy and a large annuity.
  • Deripaska's Basic Element holding company ceded its 20 percent stake in Magna bought last year for $1.5 billion to creditors and "relinquished" its 10 percent stake in Hochtief to Germany's Commerzbank. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
  • Later he relinquished his practice work and concentrated on anaesthetics, finally retiring in 1974.
  • It means, even in good, good attempted and relinquished, which is always a terrible thing, because it is sure to betray some one who relied upon its accomplishment. Indian Summer
  • Fatah, however, never fully relinquished control.
  • He's relinquished his claim to the throne.
  • She relinquished her hold/grip on the steering wheel.
  • Government largely relinquished its role in transport and fisheries. Times, Sunday Times
  • Gqozo later issued a decree amending the homeland's constitution to allow sovereignty to be relinquished.
  • After losing this conflict, France relinquished to England control of its colonies, through the Treaty of Paris.
  • It is, however, to be observed, that, except in private aristocratic intercourse, the word Citizen was in general use; and that those who had titles relinquished them and assumed their family names. A Residence in France During the Years 1792, 1793, 1794 and 1795, Complete Described in a Series of Letters from an English Lady: with General and Incidental Remarks on the French Character and Manners
  • She has relinquished the post to her cousin, Sir Edward.
  • The rematch, in which the English title relinquished by Fury will also be on the line, should settle any disputes and will help shape the future of the wide-open domestic division. BoxingScene.com
  • FROM MTV. COM: German director Michael Haneke may be the world's chilliest filmmaker since Stanley Kubrick, who relinquished the title along with his life. Kurt Loder Reviews ‘The White Ribbon’ » MTV Movies Blog
  • It is of some interest to note that the press carried very brief notices that Herrera had relinquished the presidency.
  • As physicians we have long relinquished autonomy in the field of science and medicine to the oleaginous interests of industry. Qanta Ahmed, MD: Collateral Damage: The Hidden Costs of the Ariel Boycott
  • All hopes of gain and glory had to be relinquished. Berthe Morisot
  • I left my parents' house, relinquished my estate and my patrimony.
  • Under terms of the peace treaty signed in 1814, the tribe relinquished to the United States 22 million acres of land, including the townsites of some of the Upper Creeks who had fought alongside Andrew Jackson's forces against the rebels.
  • Its residents long for the freedoms they relinquished so many decades ago, and to join in the liberty and freedom of spirit represented by bikinis and Speedo swim-suits.
  • It was only in 1801 that the British monarchy formally relinquished its claim to the French throne.
  • In power they have relinquished that role. Times, Sunday Times
  • Jasikevicius had a 12-point fourth quarter highlighted by a rare 4-point play that was quickly followed by two more trifectas in the next two trips down the floor - resulting in a late lead that Lithuania never relinquished.
  • She relinquished past bonds with difficulty. Berthe Morisot
  • Texas's married women quickly relinquished power to their husbands after the Civil War, and spinsters and widows in the Old Southeast maintained close economic and personal ties to kin.
  • Later he relinquished his practice work and concentrated on anaesthetics, finally retiring in 1974.
  • But I wish before passing from this part of my subject, briefly to examine the curious tenacity with which the belief in this legendary literature was once held, and to show that it was not relinquished until a more critical standard of historic belief was adopted, and scientific investigation took the place of uninquiring and passive credulity. Choice Specimens of American Literature, and Literary Reader Being Selections from the Chief American Writers
  • In 1893 he relinquished that post to devote himself to scientific research, earning a modest income as a private tutor to medical students.
  • One of the levels requires you to get your Force Powers back; our hero relinquished his mojo, and must pass a series of trials.
  • He has lived in the U.S.A. since 1966 but he has never relinquished his Canadian citizenship.
  • The militias have relinquished control of the airport and largely vanished from the clogged streets. Times, Sunday Times
  • More than half of all the guns relinquished in Greater Manchester were ‘airsoft’ weapons like plastic-pellet firers, or ball-bearing guns and replica firearms.
  • Unlike partnerships in which the partners decide policy, in the business corporation the equity owners relinquished their privilege in favour of the directors.
  • Failing, he relinquished his hold on the reins, and using both hands, succeeded in drawing Kingdom over the unridden horse between them to the shoulders of his own horse. Far Past the Frontier
  • Most chiropractors relinquished whatever ethical integrity they might have had when they bought into the "subluxation" myth, and the field as a whole has a fine tradition of "practice building. Health Care Renewal
  • In 1983, the junta relinquished power. Times, Sunday Times
  • In February of the following year the Sioux, under duress, relinquished their claim to the Black Hills.
  • She relinquished her hold/grip on the steering wheel.
  • Indeed he may be said never to have relinquished his connection with the trade, and certainly he was no more ashamed of it than of his calling as a painter, for he signed himself indiscriminately 'goldsmith' and 'painter,' and sometimes whimsically put 'goldsmith' to his paintings and 'painter' to his jewellery. The Old Masters and Their Pictures For the Use of Schools and Learners in Art
  • All hopes of gain and glory had to be relinquished. Berthe Morisot
  • She has relinquished the post to her cousin, Sir Edward.
  • The old king relinquished his throne to his son.
  • In 1983, the junta relinquished power. Times, Sunday Times
  • The magazine finally hit the newsstands again after Soeharto relinquished his iron grip in 1998.
  • His lover has admitted her sin and relinquished her claim. Christianity Today
  • Tal could feel control slipping, which was odd because he had not relinquished it and the familiar feeling of transformation consumed him.
  • The militias have relinquished control of the airport and largely vanished from the clogged streets. Times, Sunday Times
  • Unlike partnerships in which the partners decide policy, in the business corporation the equity owners relinquished their privilege in favour of the directors.
  • Aspects of traditional narrative structure may remain, while others are relinquished in order to allow a more open-ended development, fashioned by participators as active agents involved in a multidirectional creative exchange.
  • True to his vow of mendicancy he had relinquished the long held post of Prime Minister of Vijayanagara, the legendary Hindu kingdom he was instrumental in establishing with Harihara and Bukka in AD 1336.
  • On March 5, 1953, after suffering a deadly stroke, Stalin relinquished control over a cult of personality so powerful that it had fooled the Russian people into thinking their despotic leader a wise and noble sovereign. Facing Up to Stalin
  • Stultz relinquished the controls to Gordon, and Slim headed northeast across the open sea.
  • The militias have relinquished control of the airport and largely vanished from the clogged streets. Times, Sunday Times
  • The accentuation of Edwards' religious leanings does not feel overbearing, but natural and earnest; a man who has relinquished his soul and put his faith in something admittedly supreme.
  • His lover has admitted her sin and relinquished her claim. Christianity Today
  • But from where I stood, 10 yards from the man himself, sardined among the thousands of voters who had relinquished their Saturday to listen to the ideas of their potential president, it was raw, it was real, and it was riveting.
  • “Rather,” thought I to myself on hearing this, but I continued, in the dogmatical tone I had adopted: — “It is sad, however, that you should be brought up in ignorance of the most ordinary branches of education; had you known something of history and grammar you might, by degrees, have relinquished your lace-mending drudgery, and risen in the world.” The Professor, by Charlotte Bronte
  • Lt. Col. Michael Fortanas relinquished command of the 730th by passing the guidon to Colonel Robertson, who passed it to Master Sgt.
  • Modano, who relinquished his captainship to Brenden Morrow this season, scored from the left circle off a pass from Lindros at 1: 28 of the third period, and Eriksson tied it at 2 when he took Stu Barnes 'pass from behind the net at 1: 56 and flipped it past Theodore. USATODAY.com - Hockey - Dallas vs. Colorado

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