Sentence examples for toppling the king from inspiring English sources

The triumph of the ace was another French innovation, traditionally added after the revolution in honour of the rabble toppling the king.

Perseus, the son of Zeus, embarks on a dangerous mission to prevent Hades from toppling the king of the gods and laying waste to Earth.

Ego will eventually topple the "king of the mountain" – every time.

They also believe, but won't just say, that the Palestinians' eventual state will be across the Jordan, when Palestinians in Amman finally topple the Hashemite king and West Bankers, beginning with the élites, join them.

Landry was an innovator with his flex defense and motion offense; Johnson was a disciplinarian and motivator and brashly took Dallas to a supreme level where it challenged and then toppled the then king of the league, the San Francisco 49ers; Switzer used a more laid-back approach and reached the top of the hill before a tumultuous tumble.

Each day two young men were sacrificed to the serpents until a revolt led by a blacksmith named Kawa toppled the tyrant king.

With the same spirit of those New Yorkers who toppled the statue of King George, recognizing that people had the power and ability to rule themselves without a king, we should topple all monuments to the Confederacy.

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Many believe he is now preparing to topple the very man he helped make king.

Bambach and his colleagues say this discovery supports the idea of ecological incumbency: Just as a political newcomer may struggle to unseat an inept four-term senator, even highly efficient and adaptable species have trouble toppling old kings from the hill.