Sentence examples for divested of its from inspiring English sources

The hokku became known as the haiku late in the 19th century, when it was entirely divested of its original function of opening a sequence of verse, but today even the 17th-century hokku are usually called haiku.

The hokku (often interchangeably called haikai) became known as the haiku late in the 19th century, when it was entirely divested of its original function of opening a sequence of verse; today even the earlier hokku are usually called haiku.

The recipe for poitrine d'agneau Sainte Ménéhould is a case in point, where this meagre, though supremely flavoursome joint, is quietly poached with aromatics, cooled, carefully divested of its flacid, corset-like bones and excess fat, it is then pressed between weighted plates, or some such.

Royal Mail, now divested of its pension liabilities, is reckoned to be worth another £2.5 billion.

Its patriarch was executed, and the church was divested of its extensive landholdings.

Joe Patterson's Daily News, now owned by a real estate operator, has been divested of its old panache with no corresponding improvement in its character.

Should Cerberus not agree to do so, CalSTRS should divest of its holdings in Cerberus and stop any future investments - even if Cerberus moves forward with selling the Freedom Group.

Halliburton became a pure play oilfield services company about two years ago when it divested itself of its KBR engineering and construction unit.

It has gradually divested itself of its prominent role in much of the economy from plantations to supermarkets, from office blocks to airlines.

The bigger company has been divesting of some of its international operations at the same time that it is beefing up in India.

Last year, ConocoPhillips divested itself of its alternative-energy activities.