Devolved

Examples

• The night-watching devolved entirely on me; but whoever else might have watched poor Fanny I would never have quitted her. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• It devolved on me to disclose our plan to Idris. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Henceforth, on Rosine, the portress, devolved that duty. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Another task also devolved upon me, when I became the instructor of my brothers. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Dunbar, when the command devolved on him, was not so generous. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
• It then devolved upon Buckner, who accepted the responsibility of the position. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Upon Hor Vastus devolved the delicate mission of organising a secret force of fighting-men sworn to follow John Carter wherever he might lead. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• For instance, Mr--' 'Gowan,' quietly said Doyce, upon whom the utterance of the name almost always devolved. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• The estate consequently devolved upon the present Sir Rawdon Crawley, Bart. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• Accordingly, I told her in plain words that the charge of the sick lady henceforth devolved entirely on myself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Ord was wounded in this engagement and the command devolved on Hurlbut. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.

Typist: Marvin