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

Our Gentile friends should be made aware that these groups do not speak for the Jewish people, although they arrogate to themselves the right to do so.

From Time Magazine Archive

"You, who have never played a father's part, who have never guided or guarded, fostered or cherished her--do not think, sir, that you can in a moment arrogate to yourself a father's authority."

From Chippinge Borough by Weyman, Stanley J.