Sentence examples for to usurp from inspiring English sources

He's playing God, trying to usurp God's authority".

"She is naturally keen not to usurp," said one.

So obviously he'll be trying his damnedest to usurp me.

New Zealand hoki has begun to usurp cod across Britain.

"They didn't want to usurp his prerogative," says an insider.

I'm not hoping to usurp that in any way.

No one was jockeying to usurp Summitt, only to help her.

Breckinridge may have lost, but he was not a man to usurp a legitimate election.

Eventually Yang began to chastise Hong and to usurp his prerogatives as supreme leader.

Meanwhile, back home, Thor's scheming brother Loki (Tom Hiddleston) is out to usurp Odin's throne.

Morsi has also sought to usurp the judiciary by decree, although he partially backed down.