Sentence examples for were able to appropriate from inspiring English sources

In the "Arab spring" it was street protesters, and not the regime, who were able to appropriate the symbols and language of national revival.

Racism is rarely about the reality of the other; the Reclaim protestors, without irony or self-reflection, were able to appropriate the Indigenous flag in their cry to reclaim Australia.

Kagyu and Nyingma scholars, who, until the 19th century, did not have analytical systems of their own that were as highly developed as those of Gelug and Sakya scholars, were able to appropriate Gorampa's philosophy and incorporate it into their own systems.

Because skating was not even a blip on the cultural radar, graphic artists were able to appropriate intellectual properties, music was used and abused in videos without a care of rights or licensing, photographers were experimenting with their craft, and skate filmmakers realized they were better than the corny swipes and silly transitions of 80s videos.

Von Bechtolsheim's plans hinged on being able to appropriate the space.

Neither of these characters are African-American, but many hip-hop gangsta figures have been able to appropriate their imagery and make it specific to their own circumstances.

But the single best footwear belongs to Nancy Sinatra, who wasn't going to be able to appropriate Lee Hazlewood's country song "These Boots Are Made for Walkin' " until her father, Frank, said she could.

CALI SWAG DISTRICT Southern California has become such a hub for dance-rap (thanks to jerking, last year's movement) that now the region has been able to appropriate other cities' styles for itself.

Entrepreneurs and businesspersons are not equal in their ability to have access to, be able to locate, or be able to appropriate all available information.

(Because far from not being able to appropriate the label for oneself, most "tea party" candidates do it every five minutes.) What have the Republicans done wrong?

The communities never have been able to appropriate their resources.