Sentence examples for were deposed from inspiring English sources

That would mean Mr. Doria would become speaker unless he were deposed by Mr. Roberts.

Various Labour stalwarts were deposed, much to the delight of their foes.

Some were deposed, some were defeated in battle, and others collaborated.

Soon afterward, Isaac and Alexius IV were deposed by a Constantinopolitan nobleman determined to get rid of the Franks.

Many elements of her testimony were echoed by two other former employees with the district attorney's office who were deposed.

Most Presbyterian ministers capitulated and accepted episcopal ordination, while about 2,000 ministers resisted and were deposed from their churches.

Several top military officials were deposed in that reshuffle, including the former chief of defense staff, who was from the delta region.

Both were deposed this July, after a military intervention transferred all executive and legislative power to an interim president – a senior judge called Adly Mansour.

As veteran rulers were deposed by crowds of protesters in Tunisia and Egypt, however, the significance of the new technology for militants became more obvious.

Spokesmen for Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, who alternated as prime minister through the 1990's until both were deposed and charged in corruption scandals, were more vehement.

When the officers were deposed recently in connection with the lawsuit, they exercised their Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination and refused to answer questions about the shooting.