Sentence examples for ceded back from inspiring English sources

He can imagine portions of the American Southwest being ceded back to Mexico.

From 1789 to 1846 Alexandria was part of the District of Columbia, after which it was ceded back to Virginia.

In 1790 much of the state's western territory was ceded back to the United States, and that land was soon reorganized into the state of Tennessee.

The British took possession of the town in 1763, and large numbers of loyalists settled there during the American Revolution; most loyalists left in 1783 when Florida was ceded back to Spain.

After the repeal of the Sherman Silver Purchasing Act and the return to the gold standard in 1893, Independence was all but ceded back to the marmots, the beaver-size rodents who are sometimes called whistle pigs for their distinctive warning shrieks.

The company briefly passed the $60 mark in its post earnings frenzy, though it has since ceded back ground and fallen below the mark.

Giraldo then failed to reach Nishikori's drop shot before hitting a costly double fault to cede back his serve.

Zoe was quick to send Simeon numerous presents in order to conciliate him, and she managed to convince him to cede back Adrianople and withdraw his army.

But six years later, Spain ceded Louisiana back to France, and all bets were off.

A year later Serbian Vojvodina was abolished and replaced by the crown land of the Voivodeship of Serbia and Banat of Temeschwar, which ceded Syrmia back to the Kingdom of Slavonia.

JRM: I don't think it's been formally ratified by the Senate yet, but basically in essence, they just returned Wrangell Island and five other islands in the Arctic that have been part of Alaska since the 1800's, and they have ceded them back to Russia.