Sentence examples for off the mantle from inspiring English sources

I had already crossed a line there, I suppose, throwing off the mantle of authority.

She used the speech to shrug off the mantle of running mate in distress and recast herself as a tough-talking, liberal-bashing supermom.

For a decade or so, when the Tiger was at its fiercest, we threw off the mantle of oppression, as once we had thrown off what used to be called "the yoke of British rule".

Fiona Mouzakitis, a painter and printmaker who runs Arteshop with Manifactura's Despina Stavrou, said most young Greek artists have been educated abroad and want to shake off the mantle of tradition in their work.

For a decade or so, when the Tiger was at its fiercest, we threw off the mantle of oppression, as once we had thrown off what used to be called the yoke of British power over us.

Pegg, shrugging off the mantle of brisk efficiency that he donned for "Hot Fuzz," plays Gary King, a pitiful loudmouth in a long black coat who hails from Newton Haven.

We can assume, for the sake of preventing childhood trauma, that Dora's immediate family is probably safe too, although I wouldn't write off a 'passing of the mantle' as Dora's mother (an archaeologist) is unable to solve a puzzle that only her would-be protege can crack ("We've been on many adventures Dora, but to the great beyond, I go first!").

It was as though someone had taken the end and slowly pulled it off along the length of the mantle.

The hi-fi, like the iPhone, may suggest international style, but the desk, like Mr. Demand's art, has shaken off the desirable mantle of design like so much packaging.

It's hard to imagine that when her agent first called her about "Step It Up & Dance" Ms. Berkley really felt that being a reality series host would advance her mission of shrugging off the "Showgirls" mantle.

Just a win would have been enough of a result alone, as they finally would have thrown off the bridesmaid mantle that has come with their four second places since then.