Sentence examples for had devolved on from inspiring English sources

The movement appeared in the Iraqi city of Kūfah in the early 700s among supporters (called Shīʿites) of the fourth caliph ʿAlī, who believed that succession to ʿAlī's position of imam, or leader, of the Muslim community had devolved on Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥanafīyah (d. c. 700), one of his sons, and Abū Hāshim, a grandson.

But in the meantime, effective power within the duchy had devolved on the greater counts and viscounts (such as those of Armagnac and Lomagne), who were to dominate Gascony for centuries.

After all, I was her eldest daughter and after the death of my father, all responsibilities had devolved on her shoulder.

(I am omitting the obvious racism, the letters from people that use slurs such as "chink," which have devolved on the internet into anonymous gibberish).

Although Longchamp eventually returned to England, he did not return to his diocese, and much of the administration of Ely would have devolved on Barre during Longchamp's absence.

"We staked our authority to move people to higher ground on the maps". Instead, authority had devolved to homeowners.

Instead, authority had devolved to homeowners.

"It would be a good time to leave Sarcelles before I get a second circumcision," Mr. Kastner says in one of his frequently sarcastic voice-overs, leaving what had devolved into a shouting match on a sidewalk.

The order to "Smash the Four Olds" had devolved into a chaotic assault on authority of all kinds.

Government had devolved much of the work on charging points to local authorities without giving them enough support.

Well this level of "No Shit, Sherlock" is the point at which I feel the state of entrepreneurial thought has devolved to -- especially the constant emphasis on "hustle".