uncrown
Example Sentences
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Greedy of spoils, th' Italians strip the dead Of his rich armor, and uncrown his head.
From The Aeneid English by Virgil
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
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
