Sentence examples for abdicate out from inspiring English sources

Some believe he has not moved to have the ailing king abdicate out of respect for an elder.

Edward abdicated before the year was out, leaving his brother Albert, Duke of York, to ascend the throne (taking the regnal name George VI).

As it turns out, they've largely abdicated the role, leaving alcohol producers to set the terms.

Arguing that landlords should be able to abdicate responsibility when providing homes, renting out sheds, electrical firetraps and damp, mouldy wrecks with impunity shows a wilfully naive understanding of the economics and mechanisms of the housing crisis.

But this monarchical reincarnation was to be short lived as well, as a revolution broke out in the kingdom in 1858, resulting in Faustin abdicating the throne on 18 January 1859.

After his father abdicated parental duties altogether, Norman lived in a children's home before striking out on his own when he was about 14.

He spelled out two options to the monarch, either to renounce Mrs Simpson or to abdicate.

I don't even know whom to sell out to, since there's no central office or online marketplace for abdicating your integrity.

The German Revolution broke out in November 1918, and Emperor Wilhelm II and all German ruling princes abdicated.

We can't abdicate that and pull up our drawbridges and shut the world out whenever something horrific happens.

But hearing out Netanyahu doesn't mean taking everything he says at face value or abdicating to Israel's decision about whether it's possible to prevent a nuclear-armed Iran without making a fateful decision to use military force.