was usurping
- past progressive of usurp.
Example Sentences
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White says the UFC faced a number of logistical issues in preparing for the event, but the biggest challenge was usurping the Sphere.
From BBC ● Sep. 13, 2024
The man who was usurping his name was merely his heir.
From Salon ● Dec. 4, 2022
The all-devouring composer was usurping the poet’s function as the mouthpiece of humanity’s primal myths.
From The New Yorker ● Apr. 11, 2016
Like Gen. Grant, he was bewildered and helpless m dealing with a government that was usurping his powers.
From Time Magazine Archive
It was resolved to support the ejected bishops, to maintain the Council of Chalcedon, and to request from the emperor the expulsion of Peter the Stammerer, who was usurping the see of Alexandria.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VI The Holy See and the Wandering of the Nations, from St. Leo I to St. Gregory I by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)
