Sentence examples for or relinquished from inspiring English sources

As far as I'm aware not a single banker has so far resigned, been sacked, or relinquished their bonus as a result of the campaign.

I wasn't surprised to learn that the word "data" comes from the Latin for "to give," and refers to something that is given or relinquished.

The children are, in most cases, no longer casualties of war but "social orphans," whose parents have abandoned or relinquished them, usually because of poverty, or, in the case of China, because of its one-child-per-family policy.

Ideally, people talk sequentially, listen to each other, remain sensitive to when an argument should be pushed or relinquished, can see a small matter in the context of a wider life, and so on.

Yashar Soltani, the editor of Memari News, an architecture and urban development website, was arrested on 17 September after publishing a letter that showed the office of Tehran's mayor had sold or relinquished public land and apartments worth up to £500m to officials and members of the municipal council under extraordinary discounts and other favourable arrangements.

We now want to move towards a more critical reflection on the munus, the gift itself and what it is that is given, sacrificed or relinquished in the process of cord blood banking.

But it will never seem familiar, or relinquish its otherness.

Several times White has said that McGregor must defend his belt at 145lb or relinquish it.

Mangini has never been the kind of coach who shows emotion, or screams at players, or relinquishes control.

The I.B.F. had given Trinidad 72 hours to decide whether to defend the welterweight title or relinquish it.

Addiction, by definition, is a compulsive behaviour that you cannot control or relinquish, in spite of its destructive consequences.