Sentence examples for largely relinquished from inspiring English sources

Connect to Today: The Republic of China, which has largely relinquished its claim to mainland China, has continued to fight for a place in the United Nations.

American and NATO military leaders — worried by Taliban propaganda claiming that air strikes have killed an inordinate number of civilians, and persuaded by "hearts and minds" enthusiasts that the key to winning the war is the Afghan population's goodwill — have largely relinquished the strategic advantage of American air dominance.

Using canvases often imprinted with pattern and natural imagery, and utilizing such varied applications and techniques as paint spills, illusionistic detailing, prismatic color and floral motifs, Street has largely relinquished the paintbrush.

As the owner of Idlewild Books, a Manhattan bookstore dedicated to travel and international fiction and organized by country, I can report that there is a strong market for world lit, even if big publishers and big chain stores have largely relinquished it to the smaller players.

By the early 1990s, the expensive hunt for oil in Arctic seas had largely failed and almost all leases were relinquished.

There's been little of the outcry over this that greeted, say, the Uber CEO's advisory role (now relinquished), but this may be because Perlmutter stays largely behind the scenes at Marvel, or because activists are reluctant to politicize veterans' healthcare, Perlmutter's issue of choice.

Even after the Woolworth Building was surpassed in height by the Chrysler Building in 1929, it never relinquished its claim on the imagination of New Yorkers, thanks largely to Cass Gilbert's design, a strongly vertical interpretation of the Flamboyant Gothic style.

He relinquished the secretaryship of the Bibliographical Society and returned to Ireland where, though largely confined indoors, he continued writing his regular weekly column for the Leeds Mercury and finished his final novel, Kilgorman.

Other researchers largely enter under annual work permits or even on tourist visas; the bulk of recruits are Chinese educated overseas who had relinquished their passports upon obtaining foreign citizenship.

I relinquished the books.

Polina relinquished it to them.