During the years 1491-1494, Bombay was wrested from Gilani's control by the Bahamani general Mahmud Gavan.

As Miyon grew older, he wrested Cunaxa from his uncle's control.

Their lives had been wrested from their control and now hinged on a madman's next move.

Gone, too, are his Moscow daily and his popular national news magazine, wrested from his control this week by Gazprom.

And they had shown remarkable flexibility in fighting back, ultimately wresting themselves from its control.

His eyes widened, filled with the sight of the Kapon crew members leaving the shuttlebay, as he pitched forward, his body wrested from his control.

Later it was sold to the Wickham family, but was wrested from their control after the American Revolution because they had sided with the Tories.

"We have wrested the main roads from the enemy's control, and stopped their advance," reported a distant member of the Klingon network.

He'd put off his own ceremony for too long, and he realized that the decision would soon be wrested from his control and thrust upon him.

In the south, the Ukrainian Vyhovsky failed to wrest Kiev from Sheremetev's control where Russians kept their garrison.