Sentence examples for relegated to the position from inspiring English sources

Under foreign rule the language lost status in the southern provinces and in the 18th and 19th centuries was relegated to the position of a lingua rustica, with French serving as the standard language.

Though one of the best dancers, Guy was relegated to the position of seamstress and gave up, at last, writing to St. Denis that "everything is ending in error".

English is relegated to the position of secondary preference after Hebrew.

Yes, like many pieces of excellent design (and, of course, many pieces of terrible design), the Mnemosyne is so overpriced as to be relegated to the position of status symbol.

South Africa was also temporarily relegated to the third position early this year after Egypt climbed to claim the second spot.

These folks are now relegated to the unenviable position of being unsecured creditors in Lehman's giant and messy bankruptcy.

Amazon reported its second-quarter earnings today, and it was a bit of a whiff — and a bummer for Jeff Bezos, who is now no longer the solar system's richest human and has been relegated to the unfortunate position of second-richest human.