Sentence examples for abdicated on from inspiring English sources

Democrats abdicated on one of their basic congressional responsibilities -- there is no easy way to sugar-coat this reality.

He formally abdicated on January 2 , 1946

Persuaded that further resistance was useless, he finally abdicated on April 6.

Michael abdicated on August 31, and Isaac was crowned emperor the following day.

Edward abdicated on 10 December 1936, four days after Grant sent his intercepted telegram.

Shortly after Paris fell, he abdicated, on April 6, 1814, and departed for the island of Elba.

King Carol's dictatorship could not survive the catastrophe, and he was forced to abdicate on September 6.

A rebellion led by Alexius I Comnenus successfully captured Constantinople, forcing Nicephorus to abdicate on April 4, 1081.

THE HAGUE — Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands announced on Monday that she would abdicate on April 30 in favor of her son, the Prince of Orange, Willem-Alexander.

From the end of World War II in 1945, he strenuously opposed the communists' accession to power in Romania but was ultimately forced to abdicate on Dec. 30, 1947, and go into exile.

But if he's going to abdicate on politics — if this great, great speech and series of gestures is followed by a great nothingness — then it's just wind.