How to Use crowd out in a Sentence

crowd out

phrasal verb
Definition of crowd outnext
  • But if enough early drives are snuffed out, the Tigers could take the home crowd out of the game.
    — USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Through tonight: It’ll be crowded out there this evening.
    — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
  • And nothing brings a crowd out, of course, like winning.
    — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2024
  • This does not mean that the urgent should crowd out the important.
    — Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2024
  • But phones and tablets have crowded out some more analog forms of fun.
    — Anna North, Vox, 12 Sep. 2024
  • In a great year — like 2023 — a lot of the mid-year best films get crowded out by December.
    — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024
  • Grow a thick lawn mowed no shorter than two inches and let the good grass crowd out the nutgrass.
    — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
  • They were being crowded out by the grandeur of the landscape looming around and above us.
    — Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2023
  • After the service, people crowd out of the church and jump on four wheelers and in cars to drive down to the Newhalen River.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
  • Bulk and spread are a problem with many natives that can crowd out the other plants in your garden.
    — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
  • As the city council moved on to other matters, Dickson ushered the angry crowd out to the porch.
    — Caroline Kitchener, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
  • As the City Council moved on to other matters, Dickson ushered the angry crowd out to the porch.
    — Caroline Kitchener The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Increasing the number of H-2B visas will not crowd out U.S.-born workers.
    — Gordon H. Hanson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2022
  • This time around, the issue, always close to his heart but now crowding out all others, is himself.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Too much cow's milk at this age can crowd out other foods, resulting in a child not getting enough iron, says Reed.
    — Rachel Meltzer Warren, M.s., Parents, 13 Dec. 2023
  • If crowding out is like heart disease, this is a sudden heart attack.
    — Dylan Matthews, Vox, 16 Aug. 2024
  • Has the business of college sports crowded out fun and tradition?
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 8 Aug. 2023
  • Brushfires would sweep through and the species adapted and regrew, crowding out native grasses and moving close to homes.
    — Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Indeed, the lure of pickleball may be powerful enough to crowd out other sports.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Be sure to follow the package directions for planting instructions to ensure that the brown millet doesn’t overtake the area and crowd out the Bermudagrass.
    — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Second, All-Star events can crowd out regular tourist events, displacing other tourists with All-Star ones.
    — David Gutman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
  • Research has shown that the catfish, which have few natural predators in the Chesapeake, consume a huge variety of bay species, and crowd out native fish.
    — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
    — Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • Explaining or clarifying things over Zoom can take much longer, which in turn crowds out productive work time.
    — Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 July 2023
  • On Margarita, biologists found its roots were crowding out the eggs before the turtles were even fully formed.
    — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
  • Or might those things crowd out other romantic opportunities and narrow the range of potential partners to those trapped in the same gilded cage?
    — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
  • Ultimately, the focus should be on tools that further open, rather than crowd out, more private sector capital.
    — Sultan Al Jaber, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2023
  • That could provide more habitat to support more salmon, which may crowd out native fish species or increase competition for food or other resources.
    — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2023
  • Pristine wildlife areas degrade, the markets and butcher shops that sustained locals give way to souvenir stores, and residents get crowded out as their homes are converted to short-term rentals.
    — Paul Thornton, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
  • This crowds out domestic production and causes job losses.
    — Nadia Schadlow, Foreign Affairs, 9 Oct. 2024

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