Sentence examples for appointed himself to from inspiring English sources

Now, it's not like the political class had an extraordinary annual general meeting and appointed Clegg as its new anti-Farage attack dog: with his customary chutzpah, he simply appointed himself to the role.

Currently, the mayor appoints five of the nine school board members — Mayor Eddie A. Perez even appointed himself to one of the seats — and the four other members are elected at large by residents.

He also challenged the authority of its commanding officer, Captain Mainwaring (played by Arthur Lowe), the pompous, grammar school-educated bank manager who appointed himself to the role over his second-in-command, the laconic, public school-educated Sergeant Wilson John Le Mesurierr).

So he appointed himself to the factory investigating commission in 1911 which was the year of the great Triangle Fire in New York City, a terrible industrial accident which burned out the contents of a 9th and 10th floor loft building factory where they made light cotton shirt waists for women.

Notably, Mr Xi appointed himself to major new committees guiding national security and the country's restructuring process.

"It's not like the political class had an extraordinary annual general meeting and appointed Clegg as its new anti-Farage attack dog: with his customary chutzpah, he simply appointed himself to the role.

The governor's spokesman said Ducey will wait until after McCain's funeral to announce an appointment and will not appoint himself to the seat.

Mr. Manchin said he would not appoint himself to fill the vacancy.

June 2001: General Musharraf deposes President Rafiq Tarar and appoints himself to the role.

At times, he even weighed aloud appointing himself to the job, the prosecutors said.

The president is hoping Mr. Bryant will appoint himself to succeed Senator Thad Cochran if the ailing senator resigns.