Sentence examples for been appropriated as from inspiring English sources

After the Castro revolution, the house could have been appropriated, as was the case with other US property in Cuba, but instead the Cuban government approached Mary to request the house as a gift, to be used as a monument to Hemingway.

In Banda Aceh, what little wreckage remains has been appropriated as something for curious sightseers.

Jesus has three cockerels on its official crest, so this sculpture has been appropriated as a heraldic symbol.

The date and face of Guy Fawkes has been appropriated as an emblem by the movement and participants are encouraged to wear masks depicting his likeness.

The war has been appropriated as a proxy conflict in a much larger regional struggle between Saudi Arabia and Iran, making the prospects for millions of civilians bleak.

In 1945, the commanding officer of the local Wehrmacht shot himself in the flat with the convulsive music room, which had been appropriated as headquarters.

Rather, the money would have to be appropriated as emergency spending by Congress.

But in December 2005 it was appropriated as the "Cronulla Cape" to be worn while attacking the Lebanese.

To countless people, "wifebeater" is not just a word, and cannot be appropriated as gays have done with "queer".

Of course, the visage of the chief was appropriated as a hood ornament.

was appropriated as a patriotic anthem, but precisely because some serious people do pay attention to the lyrics.