Sentence examples for I ceded from inspiring English sources

I ceded the stage to my colleagues, and sat just off to the side.

I ceded control of the Inner Sanctum to a barbarous horde of 10-year-olds.

When it came time to cook it, I admit that I ceded the stove to my husband.

Rather than risk mutiny, I ceded the stove to their father, who wielded a hot pan and a secret weapon: "James Beard's Theory and Practice of Good Cooking".

Erik's settlement with Pope Boniface VIII (1303) enabled him to resume Danish conquests along the northern border of the Holy Roman Empire, and in 1304 the emperor Albert I ceded to Denmark all lands north of the Elbe River.

As dawn's light seeped through the one window, I ceded the room to my sleeping friend and exited onto a little alleyway, where a large group of monks, in orange robes and shaved heads, had gathered for a morning buffet put out for them by residents.

I cede the final summary to Roseanne Barr Madonnana kicked ass 4 gays kabbalists and Botox".

On this point, I cede the floor to an eloquent reader, Peter Kehoe Dear Ms. Sullivann, Congratulations on your appointment as Public Editor.

I cede pride of place to no man in my esteem and affection for the founding fathers.

Other than thinking that Julia had gotten into the cooking sherry regarding the two hours, I cede her the point.

Which is to say yes, I cede the point that there was something tonally off when there didn't need to be.