Sentence examples for enthroned himself from inspiring English sources

Dom Philip was installed as king but died under suspicious circumstances, and Konnappu Bandara enthroned himself, proclaiming independence from the Portuguese and taking the regnal name of Vimala Dharma Surya.

Although he could have easily enthroned himself in a new Pan-Latin Kingdom as he swept away the Spanish Empire at the beginning of the 19th century, Bolivar, like George Washington, declined a crown.

Some shareholders filed suit against the Disney board of directors over that one, but a judge said Eisner could get away with it because he'd "enthroned himself as the omnipotent and infallible monarch of his personal Magic Kingdom".

Erdogan's initial aim was to secure a big enough majority to rewrite the constitution and turn Turkey into a presidential system, enthroning himself at the top.

In the summer of 1674, Shivaji had himself enthroned with great fanfare as an independent sovereign.

This year Messi got just 12% of the vote, despite continuing to perform miracles of incision in La Liga and being enthroned (dubiously, and instantly disowned by Messi himself) as player of the 2014 World Cup finals.

"God that sits enthroned is a man like one of you" and "God Himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man" were two of his most emphatic aphorisms on the subject.

There were model types from Paris grooving on the elevator-size dance floor, a filmmaker from New York, a couple of graphic designers from Seoul and a Mexican fashion designer enthroned on a chocolate leather club sofa who called himself Jesus.

Bankrupt by the age of fifty-two, the artist casts himself as a sick and tired potentate of the studio, enthroned in an archaic golden-yellow jerkin and a floppy black hat.

"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!

"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!" Smith told the crowd.