uncrown
Example Sentences
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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
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
He, more incens'd against your majesty Than all the rest, discharg'd me with these words: 'Tell him from me that he hath done me wrong, And therefore I'll uncrown him ere 't be long.'
From King Henry VI, Part 3 by William Shakespeare
Most of the representative city sheets, irrespective of political leanings, had for years been flaying the fifth ward king, seeking to uncrown him.
From The Lash by Olin L. Lyman
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
