How to Use unseat in a Sentence

unseat

verb
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  • The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
  • He unseated an incumbent senator.
  • The move, in part, cost him the post in late 2014, when Gary Hirsch unseated him.
    — Shawn Raymundo, The Arizona Republic, 17 Apr. 2024
  • That record held for more than three decades when it was unseated in the 2010s.
    — Sean Evans, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2024
  • The scandal sent two judges to prison and unseated a third.
    — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
  • Democrats seek to unseat Brandon Williams, one of... 5:45 p.m.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2024
  • Of the four members of Gascón’s office in the race, Hatami might have the best chance of unseating his boss.
    — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Twelve Democrats are already vying for the chance to unseat him.
    — Grayson Quay, The Week, 9 Jan. 2022
  • The winner will try to unseat six-term Rep. David Schweikert in the swing district.
    — Leigh Ann Caldwell, Washington Post, 31 July 2024
  • Its leaders tried many times to unseat the Arellanos but failed.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Apr. 2022
  • But Thomas helped the club remain one of the league’s best and a dark horse to unseat the Liberty or Aces in the playoffs.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Yes, the idea of unseating the defending world champs in the AL West race is fading.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Donovan failed by a wide margin in a bid to unseat Barrett in 2016.
    — Vanessa Swales, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2021
  • While serviceable, this is not the most ideal set-up for a team hoping to unseat the 98-win Dodgers.
    — Dan Freedman, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2024
  • At the start of the war, Putin seemed keen to crush Ukraine, unseat Zelensky and install his own puppet regime.
    — Erica Ariel Fox, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2022
  • As in 2020, voters this fall will have a choice between Trump and Biden, who unseated Trump four years ago.
    — Joey Garrison, Journal Sentinel, 2 May 2024
  • Before that rule change, a single member could move for a vote to unseat the speaker.
    — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 2 Oct. 2023
  • When Kazy ran to retain the seat later that year, Kelly challenged him again, but failed to secure the votes needed to unseat Kazy.
    — Courtney Astolfi, cleveland, 9 Jan. 2023
  • On Sunday, reports began to emerge that the shooting would pause any attempts to unseat Biden.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 17 July 2024
  • Whether those qualities are good or bad, trying to unseat them is a fool’s errand.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Jan. 2022
  • The $7 million is part of a larger $100 million plan to unseat Israel critics.
    — Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Mace, one of the eight Republicans who voted to unseat McCarthy, has opted to give the new speaker the benefit of the doubt.
    — Brady Knox, Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2023
  • McCarthy ran for mayor of Chicago in 2019, hoping to unseat Emanuel.
    — Stephanie Casanova, chicagotribune.com, 6 Apr. 2022
  • Popeyes has been open about its ambitions to unseat Chick-fil-A in the chicken sandwich wars from the beginning, but has not yet managed to do so.
    — Chris Morris, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Democrats really want to unseat Ron Johnson, who just might be a stupidest man in the Senate.
    — Michael Tomasky, The New Republic, 18 Apr. 2022
  • Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, has said last year's opposition movement was stoked by the United States to unseat him.
    — The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Burrow, who had broken his thumb in 2017, was unable to unseat Haskins in spring practice and transferred to LSU.
    — Scooby Axson, USA TODAY, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Lukashenko, who has been in power since 1994, has said the United States stoked last year’s opposition movement to unseat him.
    — Washington Post, 9 Nov. 2021
  • Gawain, himself, is pissed that their lord father has been unseated as Hand by such a lowborn creature.
    — Lauren Morgan, EW.com, 1 July 2024
  • Democrat Liz Johnson is running to try to unseat the incumbent, but faces an uphill battle, especially with fundraising.
    — Elyse Apel | The Center Square, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 7 Oct. 2024

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