Sentence examples for relinquished until from inspiring English sources

It was a lead they almost relinquished, until Iverson, again, soothed the pain.

Some collectors, recognizing the chancy nature of their pledge, gave works provisionally -- not to be relinquished until the art has a home to go to.

But the subsequent siege and capture of Calais gave England a foothold in northern France that would not be relinquished until 1558.On his return to England, Edward commemorated these triumphs by founding the Company of the Garter, a society of knights headed by himself and his eldest son, the Black Prince.

The writer describes how he would arrive at 10 30 A.M. on Monday to insure a spot when alternate-side parking began, at 11 A.M. A spot secured on Monday didn't have to be relinquished until Thursday, but in order to get a Friday spot you had to move the car across the street on Tuesday.

More likely is that, like all his predecessors, he does not want fully to relinquish power until ill-health or death force him to do so.

The Democrats showed no inclination to relinquish power until they got more of the Senate's resources than the Republicans wanted to give.

At the same time, the other political parties have refused to relinquish power until the Maoists transform their youth wing into a civilian organization and return property seized during their insurgency.

Further, they maintain that it won't relinquish control until safeguards are in place to prevent that from happening.

In spite of this, he refused medical evacuation or to relinquish command until the objective had been captured.

The canuts occupied the city of Lyon, and would not relinquish it until a bloody repression by the army, led by Marshal Soult.

The British held Jaffna after 1795 until they relinquished control of the island in 1948.