Sentence examples for Was relinquished from inspiring English sources

Furthermore, the Roman standard was relinquished to the Parthians3.

Control was relinquished to Algeria, however, in 1968.

In 1646 Mughal forces occupied Badakhshān and Balkh, but in 1647 Balkh was relinquished, and attempts to reconquer it in 1649, 1652, and 1653 failed.

Mr. Stuy could only hazard a guess: "Most likely, the daughter was relinquished in exchange for some remuneration and transported through Hunan and sold to Qujiang," he said.

In 1758 the northern half of the purchase was relinquished to the Iroquois Confederacy; the Delaware received £400 in compensation for it four years later.

Although Motta was relinquished reluctantly by Internazionale, Chelsea were quite happy to cede Alex and Maxwell left Barcelona with little fanfare.

Even Dolan was relinquishing his support.

UBS provided a bland statement saying Weil was relinquishing his duties until the matter was resolved.

A year ago at this time, Fassel was relinquishing play-calling control to his offensive coordinator, Sean Payton.

Mourinho claimed the key to success against Barcelona was relinquishing possession.

Then, in the fall of 2010, the company announced that Susan Posen, its longtime C.E.O., was relinquishing her role as well.