Example Sentences

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Narratively, that’s Becky inside her, a ghost who is usurping her soul.

From The Verge • Apr. 25, 2019

And if his decision-making creates chaos or even the perception that he is usurping Walsh, whom he belatedly but rightly brought in to undo his and Thomas’s mess, he seems not to care.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2010

But lately the over-the-top gesture is usurping the real thing.

From Time Magazine Archive

Thus it was no routine matter last week when the Vatican confirmed that it is usurping this traditional prerogative and writing a new constitution for the Discalced* Carmelite nuns.

From Time Magazine Archive

To-day, colonial influence is again dominant, and it is a relief to note that in modern homes it is usurping in favor its hitherto prized successors.

From Colonial Homes and Their Furnishings by Northend, Mary H.