Sentence examples for relinquished on from inspiring English sources

Two brothers are feuding bitterly over the succession, while their octogenarian father spitefully clings to patriarchal powers that he has relinquished on paper.

This time Nibali did it solo, powering past Joaquim Rodríguez with 1.2km to go, to regain the yellow jersey he had relinquished on Sunday.

Williams gave Georgia Southern (12-1) a 10-3 lead it never relinquished on his punt return with 3 minutes 32 seconds left in the half.

In retirement he was the obvious choice to be chairman of the Japan Sumo Association, a post he relinquished on Monday following a series of drug scandals in a sport that puts a premium on honour, ritual and asceticism.

Government control was relinquished on 15 August 1921.

He was granted the honorary titles of Colonel Commandant and Deputy Colonel of Queen's Division (of which the Royal Anglian Regiment is part) in April 1992 and Honorary Colonel, 3rd Battalion Duke of Wellington's Regiment (West Riding) (Yorkshire Volunteers), in October 1993, which he relinquished on 30 June 1999.

But ethics sets a higher standard, placing a value on human dignity, something you need not relinquish on the job.

The Yankees took a lead they would not relinquish on Hideki Matsui's solo home run in the third inning.

— The last time Matt Kenseth dominated a Nascar season was 2003, when he took the points lead in early March and never relinquished it on the way to one of the more uneventful championship runs in the sport's history.

Every state allows for an unwanted, unharmed baby to be relinquished to an employee on duty at a licensed hospital.

After defending the title twice, Olivares relinquished it on March 19 , 1972 when he was knocked out by Rafael Herrera of Mexico in the eighth round.