Sentence examples for grants himself from inspiring English sources

It's hard to imagine a broader charter than the one Bush grants himself through this set of assumptions.

His description of Rabbit's wayward son, Nelson, is devastating: in contrast to the free pass to life that Rabbit grants himself – he is, in his reckoning, tall, athletic, open and attractive, with a full head of hair - his son is small, balding and furtive with a drug habit and – worse – a trite kind of philophy, confidently uttered.

Clinton's regular response to an errant drive is to groan "Oh, no!" The preferred technique, as any good golfer knows, is to whomp the clubhead on the ground and yell "Son of a bitch!" or "Oh, shit!" Clinton has not been shy, though, about availing himself of the mulligan--that golfing custom whereby a player unhappy with his first shot grants himself a second, with no penalty.

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi issued a decree November 22 granting himself broad powers above any court.

But Trump long ago granted himself the privilege to rewrite history.

In his most astringent and disabusing work, Hass refuses to grant himself and his friends center stage.

He had also granted himself the title "President of the University of Common Sense" on his radio show in Atlanta.

In the 4th century, the emperor Constantine granted himself, as "bishop of foreign affairs," certain rights to church leadership.

Instead, he in effect granted himself the power to dispense unlimited sums of money without Congressional oversight.

So he passed a bill – with Labor's support – granting himself retrospective immunity against appeals on that basis.

Voters denied his Justice and Development (AK) party a majority in Sunday's parliamentary polls, thwarting his dreams of rewriting the constitution to grant himself executive powers.