arrogate
Example Sentences
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“Shortly thereafter, John embarked on a series of steps to arrogate to himself complete control over Mr. Angelos’ assets.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 10, 2022
They are truly generative, an apt term for a novel that queries a selfish inventor, his damaged creature and science’s threat to arrogate creation to itself.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 1, 2018
Judge Jackson said the action was “a stunning power for an agency to arrogate to itself” that the law did not support.
From New York Times • Mar. 24, 2012
"No one in this country, however strong and sincere are his convictions and however honorable he may be, has the right to arrogate to himself to decide which laws are bad laws."
From Time Magazine Archive
The future, really, now, the very immediate future, must be flung to chance; it was hopeless to arrogate to her forethought the determination of it; besides, here was New York already.
From The Early Life and Adventures of Sylvia Scarlett by MacKenzie, Compton
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