How to Use crowd out in a Sentence

crowd out

phrasal verb
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • Explaining or clarifying things over Zoom can take much longer, which in turn crowds out productive work time.
    Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 July 2023
  • 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
  • Even after the 1,800-acre park was founded, the pace of growth persisted, bringing cookie-cutter suburbs, vast solar farms and nonnative plants that crowded out other species.
    Alice Li, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
  • Right now, Donald Trump is crowding out every other candidate.
    Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Other exotic plants crowd out important native plants, and some are toxic to local flora and fauna.
    Bob Hirshon, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2024
  • The whiskey varieties started to merge together starting at just 80 percent whiskey, 20 percent water, as the non-hydrophilic (water-loving) molecules were pushed aside and crowded out.
    Caroline Delbert, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2023
  • For example, the bill doubles down on free community college, which would merely crowd out more affordable options; support a subpar system that doesn’t scale through subsidies; and help those who need it the least.
    Michael B. Horn, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Overgrazing degraded the rangelands, and mesquite and creosote bushes crowded out native grasses.
    Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Whether gas displaces coal, instead of simply adding new capacity or crowding out renewable sources of energy like wind and solar, varies widely by country.
    Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Devil Mountain Wholesale Nursery says this fast-growing ground cover (a.k.a. prostrate swamp oak) is great at crowding out weeds and does well in various soils and temperatures, as well as containers. .
    Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023

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