Sentence examples for was usurped from inspiring English sources

They believe he was usurped by a conservative, aristocratic establishment.

However, Colombia's game plan was usurped on Tuesday.

This was a period when statuary was usurped and the material of earlier periods was reused.

We went to church on Sundays, until church time was usurped by soccer games.

In the early '90s, another slice was usurped by the Hess station.

Gene Sarazen was leading in 1934 but was usurped by Olin Dutra.

Its longstanding place in the standard corner shop arsenal was usurped by sea salt.

"We want to be seen as a sovereign nation whose land was usurped," he said.

In 1898, when the boroughs were consolidated, the Manhattan flag was usurped for the entire city.

The Nets could make an aggressive push for the Knicks' David Lee, whose position was usurped by Stoudemire.

But it fumbled the transition to smaller machines in the personal-computer era, and the throne was usurped by Microsoft.