Sentence examples for decided to abdicate from inspiring English sources
In 2004 King Sihanouk decided to abdicate, and Prince Norodom Sihamoni was selected to succeed him.
News of the new link to the Bronx was overshadowed by a surprising announcement from England: King Edward VIII had decided to abdicate.
"It's an EU which has decided to abdicate from its role of protecting the internal market and protecting its citizens," he said.
Reza Shah then decided to abdicate, to allow his son and heir, Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, to adopt a policy appropriate to the new situation, and to preserve his dynasty.
The closest that the progressive movement came to realizing this strategy was of course in 1968, when Lyndon Johnson decided to abdicate in the face of mass protest.
The Queen had to mediate between her brothers in 1555, when Charles decided to abdicate as emperor and leave the government of the Netherlands to his son Philip, despite Ferdinand's objections.
It would be the cautious move of a relatively elderly society deciding to abdicate from any major global role.
He said he was following God's wishes in deciding to abdicate.
This seemingly indicated that the King had decided he had no option but to abdicate if he wished to marry Wallis.
MADRID — When the English monarch in Alan Bennett's novella, "The Uncommon Reader," decides to write her memoirs, she takes the prudent step of abdicating first.
