Example Sentences

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Although monarchs in several European countries have abdicated to allow younger royalty to take over, there is no such tradition in Denmark.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

“Children should be surrounded by love, not violence and it is our responsibility as a society to stand up and protect our children when their own parents have abdicated that responsibility,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 21, 2021

“The Attorney General…may have abdicated his responsibility to Congress, but the brave men and women of our civil service have not,” Nadler said.

From Fox News • Jun. 16, 2020

They have abdicated responsibility for policy to our own homegrown equivalents of Haig, Foch, Petain, Hindenburg, and Ludendorff.

From Salon • Jun. 9, 2018

He seemed to have abdicated his throne that day, and refused to cast even a glimpse upon the dark, storm-tossed waters, or cheer with his presence the departure of the emigrants.

From Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life by Moodie, Susanna