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 Jowett, John Henry

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 Lyman, Olin L.

Greedy of spoils, th' Italians strip the dead Of his rich armor, and uncrown his head.

From The Aeneid English by Virgil

Why did Jonathan visit David in the gloomy wood that day and uncrown himself for him?

From Sermons on Biblical Characters by Chappell, Clovis G.

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 Shakespeare, William