Sentence examples for seizing of power from inspiring English sources

It chronicles Macbeth's seizing of power and subsequent destruction, both his rise and his fall the result of blind ambition.

Whether this is merely a short-term attempt to resolve the current crisis, or a more permanent seizing of power, is yet to be seen".

The updated collection will also highlight artworks produced in the period between the fall of China's last emperor, in 1911, and the Communist Party's seizing of power in 1949.

Protesters in Thailand confronted troops face to face and demanded they "go back" as anger over the army's seizing of power and the declaration of a coup sparked heated protests in different parts of the country today.

As we witness Heydrich's rise in the Nazi system, and the simultaneous preparation of Gabčík and Kubiš in England, we move through the familiar stations of the period — Hitler's seizing of power, in 1933; the German occupation of Bohemia and Moravia, in March, 1939; Chamberlain's appeasement; Wannsee; and so on.

The deadliest of these actions was a revolutionary theocracy's seizing of power in Iran.

In the runup to the 2010 census, the Republican State Leadership Committee made a national effort to gain control of state legislatures with the hope of seizing redistricting power.

The thing is, we are deeply convinced of the possibility of seizing power in a number of Latin American countries.... [But the Soviets' withdrawal means] that we can now expect the decline of the revolutionary movement in Latin America...

I personally don't think the Islamists are on the verge of seizing power, but we cannot ignore the growing power of the militants.

In the course of seizing greater power for itself, the executive branch often has sought — and received — the cooperation of Congress to emasculate the judiciary.

And if you're an insurgent, and you don't have political support among the people, then you are not going to achieve your strategic objective of seizing political power.