Sentence examples for as we relinquish from inspiring English sources

So as we relinquish the relatively unit-free lassitude of summer, and our kids return to school where the customary application of measures -- attendance, grades, report cards -- will resume, we are invited to confront our ambivalence about their literal "weighing and measuring," amidst the figurative.

When we treat such issues as untouchable or intractable, we relinquish our agency to address the full range of pressing issues in the world, in America, and on every college and university campus in the U.S.

Closer to his ideological core is an unswerving conviction that the Palestinian Arabs of Gaza, the West Bank, and East Jerusalem might as well relinquish their hopes for a sovereign state.

Mother isn't quite as ready to relinquish the reins as she likes to pretend.

As long as you voluntarily relinquish any fuel and generators that you may have, you will not be penalized in any way.

He said in May that he would stay on as chairman, but relinquish the duties as C.E.O. to spend more time on real estate and other activities.

As we grow up we often relinquish any personal claim to space: everywhere becomes either shared or the domain of someone else.

Then again, no Miss America has ever been quite as fabulous as Williams, who relinquished her crown after some "artistic" but explicit photos depicting lesbian sex surfaced.

James has been anxious to run his own show, but a father as powerful as Rupert does not relinquish power so readily, even to his own son.

I tried to do as much as I could to relinquish control over the final image.

The punt seems to contradict football's essence, as coaches voluntarily relinquish the ball even though they have at least one more chance to move it forward.