Sentence examples for decreed victory from inspiring English sources
Unfortunately, not too long thereafter the Constitutional Court of La Cote d'Ivoire decreed victory for Mr. Gbagbo, thus reversing the announcement of the Elections Commission and triggering the current debacle.
Short King Louis XIV wore shoes with six-inch red-painted heels (often embellished with scenes of military victories) and decreed that only members of his court could wear similar ones.
He mocked Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr., whose dissent congratulated gays and lesbians for gaining the right to marry but decreed ominously that their legal victory had "nothing to do with" the Constitution.
By the 16th century the castle was 'tending to ruin', and following his victory in the English Civil War Oliver Cromwell decreed its destruction in 1655, a process which was completed within a fortnight.
Russian observers joined with those from other former Soviet nations in decreeing Mr. Lukashenko's victory both democratic and fair.
But it was a short-lived victory, because a motley collection of religious fundamentalists appealed to the Supreme Court, which overruled the Delhi High Court and decreed that only Parliament could change the law.
"Not healthy," I decreed.
"Not healthy," she decreed.
The sentence has been decreed.
