Sentence examples for they were appropriated from inspiring English sources

Unlike the vecindades, which remained segregated and were always a space for the working classes and urban lumpen — even if they were appropriated as icons and romanticised by the middle and upper classes — the azoteas began to be inhabited by members of the middle-class intelligentsia during the early 20th century.

By the late Eighties they were appropriated by the world of kitsch - Erasure's Abba-esque EP amped up the cheesy side of these pop classics, Australian tribute act Björn Again made a wildly successful living ('They've been going twice as long as we did!' laughs Andersson).

The words 'Tender is the Night' underwent a sort of linguistic alchemy as they were appropriated from John Keats'Odede to a Nightingale' to F. Scott Fitzgerald's novel of the same name to this group exhibition at Marine Contemporary.

So although UZ's contributions to the trap game may have been so attractive that they were appropriated to the point of watering down the sound he himself helped originate, it's no blemish on the talents of the man himself.

In fact, most "individual" photos became "group" photos as they were appropriated by each of the participants, who were stimulated by the photos to reflect on their own concerns.

Some time ago, they announced they were appropriating the common room as a corporate dining area.

They were appropriating Ted gear and then messing it up.

Today they are appropriated by grown-up ideology, due in no small part to political considerations.

Strangely, though, it seems we're less able to identify photographs when they're appropriated and reincarnated as record sleeves.

"First they killed him, now they are appropriating to themselves the victim," Mr. Bossi said.

And the claim that they are appropriating the term and rendering it harmless is simply naïve.