discrown
Example Sentences
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Macduff, having quarrelled with the king, joined Malcolm, and the English king, thinking favorably of their cause, sent a great army into Scotland to discrown Macbeth.
From Zigzag Journeys in Northern Lands; The Rhine to the Arctic; A Summer Trip of the Zigzag Club Through Holland, Germany, Denmark, Norway, and Sweden by Butterworth, Hezekiah
He will then proceed to plunder and discrown the very kings that had assisted him in erecting his colossal power.
From Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues by Alberger, John
Where ’twas shrined in my heart I thy image discrown, And from out thy high heaven I hurl thee adown!
From Jeremiah A Drama in Nine Scenes by Zweig, Stefan
Perhaps you think that a small sovereign people, fresh from two triumphant wars, ought to discrown itself before sunrise; because the nephew of a neighbouring Emperor has been shot by his own subjects.
From Utopia of Usurers and Other Essays by Chesterton, G. K. (Gilbert Keith)
Canst thou love one Who did discrown thine husband, unqueen thee?
From Queen Mary and Harold by Tennyson, Alfred Tennyson, Baron
