Sentence examples for he supplanted from inspiring English sources

In so doing, he supplanted the old army and built a modern force.

He supplanted Aaron as the first name on the list of baseball's all-time roster.

Last week he supplanted the highly talented Guerrero as the Expos' leading hitter.

When Rocker was added to the Indians' pitching staff, he supplanted Bob Wickman as the closer.

And the preternatural poise Brady has shown during the season was obvious before he supplanted Bledsoe as the starter.

Almost as soon as his English was up to snuff he began to "collaborate" with his translators; eventually he supplanted them.

Almost universally quoted at 6-4, he supplants Jack Nicklaus, who was 2-1 for the 1972 Muirfield Open, as the lowest priced favourite since golf and the bookies came together.

We are shown no dramatic meetings, no fraught conversations, between the architect and the Jews he supplants; we only see him taking a swim and wiping himself dry with one of the towels that are still hanging in the bathing-house "before it could occur to his wife to wash them".

At 62 years and 290 days, he supplants Seattle's Pete Carroll, who was 62 years and 140 days when he won last year's Super Bowl.

After two seasons at Juventus, where he scored 15 goals, he was supplanted by Michel Platini and moved on to Sampdoria, Inter and Ascoli.

Zick's frescoes at Würzburg (1749) had not been entirely successful, and in 1750 he was supplanted by Tiepolo; but at Bruchsal he produced one of the most brilliant series of Rococo frescoes in Germany (now destroyed).