How do you use usurp in a sentence?

Answer:
"A publishing company tried to usurp the rights to her life story."

"During the Middle Ages, those who tried to usurp power were often excommunicated by the Pope, who was then a political figure as well."

"The divorced man worried that his wife's new husband would usurp his role as father to the children."
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