Sentence examples for be appropriated by from inspiring English sources
She belongs to no group; she cannot easily be appropriated by any cause.
But non-military discretionary spending, (that is, spending that must be appropriated by Congress every year) has risen by 21%.
The work explores how something as quotidian as a traffic light can be appropriated by the state for political mileage.
The land and crops of delinquent farmers could be appropriated by anyone willing to pay the tax.
Modern rationalism has led people to believe that what they call "objective truth" is a freely transferable commodity that can be appropriated by anyone.
Whether plates, pots, pans, or the cheese grater, the unwritten code of borrowing states that these can be appropriated by whoever finds the equipment.
Such notions were appropriated by unsavoury political operators.
The money for the vouchers was appropriated by Congress last year.
"Because the word has been appropriated by men".
It is a question that has now been appropriated by revisionist historians including Roberts and Ferguson.
Equally arresting is Sean McNall, as Ragnar, the underling whose artistry is appropriated by Solness.
