uncrown
Example Sentences
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So it is with all the holy things of God: if I dethrone them they will uncrown me.
From My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year by John Henry Jowett
Why did Jonathan visit David in the gloomy wood that day and uncrown himself for him?
From Sermons on Biblical Characters by Clovis G. Chappell
"Then swear it," he said, "and your king uncrown."
From Satires of Circumstance, lyrics and reveries with miscellaneous pieces by Thomas Hardy
And now is cleans'd enough the flood, Which since runs cleare as doth thy blood; Of the wet pearls uncrown thy hair, And mantle thee with ermin air.
From The Lucasta Poems by Richard Lovelace
Yes, Jonathan went into the woods to uncrown himself! to empty himself for his friend!
From Sermons on Biblical Characters by Clovis G. Chappell
