Sentence examples for abdicated- from inspiring English sources

In turn, the official ITV Football Twitter account abdicated responsibility, instead laying the blame at the feet of its Brazilian counterparts.

Changes of power during two centuries of al-Thani rule have tended to be non-consensual, and few Arab monarchs anywhere have ever willingly abdicated (see chart).

Many have instead either abdicated responsibility or gone out of their way to act irresponsibly, dumping the issue in the laps of the courts and the police.All this came to a head this week over Arizona's law SB1070.

It has recently been argued (by Trizio 2011) that it originated in the milieu around the former emperor John Kantakouzenos (abdicated 1354).

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

And far from lording it over Congress, the president has if anything abdicated too much responsibility to it.These are all fair points.

Qatar's emir, Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani, abdicated in favour of his son, Tamim (pictured).

Although he celebrated the idea of a functioning American aristocracy as a useful exemplar of industriousness and noblesse oblige, he spent his career lamenting that they had abdicated their responsibilities.

The book's thrust is that the prime minister abdicated power to Sonia Gandhi, matriarch of the family that has the Congress party at its beck and call.

EVER since his sudden emergence as Russia's president when Boris Yeltsin abdicated at the end of 1999, Vladimir Putin has baffled analysis.

Sihanouk abdicated to make way for the 13th of his 14 known children from seven marriages.