How to Use dethrone in a Sentence

dethrone

verb

• Rick must lead the rest of the people to dethrone TrumpNegan.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 22 Oct. 2017
• Or will a team like Wisconsin or Penn State dethrone the Buckeyes?
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland.com, 3 Jan. 2018
• Those Tigers are the team that dethroned the Crimson Tide as national champions a year ago.
  — Kevin Scarbinsky, AL.com, 1 Jan. 2018
• The pretty and delicate clusters were dethroned by a more striking counterpart: the orchid.
  — Amber Elliott, Houston Chronicle, 8 Jan. 2018
• Locust Grove, Ola and Cass are all looking to dethrone the Wolves, who won their second duals title last season.
  — AJC.com, 14 Jan. 2018
• China is no longer on track to dethrone the U.S. as the world’s No.
  — Fortune, 7 Feb. 2020
• The Tigers hope to dethrone the White Sox from their reign atop the division.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2021
• Will Serra be dethroned, in both its league and the Bay Area?
  — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
• But the one that topped the list and dethroned an 11-year champion?
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
• Ed Sheeran has been dethroned by the king of rock 'n' roll!
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
• Nobody could just come out of nowhere and dethrone a chess king, right?
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 12 Mar. 2021
• No team will ever dethrone the Cowboys — but that’s not the point.
  — Dallas News, 15 June 2022
• In its heyday, the Razr was thin, and one of the best selling phones, until the iPhone dethroned it.
  — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
• That's not to say that black is poised to dethrone the white wedding dress anytime soon.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 17 May 2022
• Wegmans dethroned Trader Joe’s in 2016, and has earned the top spot on the survey for the past three years.
  — Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2018
• But will that be enough to dethrone what looks like an Eagles team built to win for years to come.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 25 Jan. 2018
• In the same six-game run, Kansas is 3-3, and if the Red Raiders dethrone the Jayhawks this is could be the pivotal stretch.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 10 Feb. 2018
• The success of the protest movement that dethroned Suharto meant that for a while the winds of change were with Munir.
  — Krithika Varagur, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
• Not even the Houston Rockets, who were built to beat the Warriors, could dethrone them.
  — Justin Sayers, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2018
• Since Jacob, Noah took the top spot for just four short years before it was dethroned.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 3 Oct. 2019
• But this year, Popovici or the 20-year-old Helsop may dethrone him.
  — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2022
• This thin patty isn’t about to dethrone its heartier rivals — but that seems to be the goal.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
• In fact, over-the-top platforms are on track to dethrone television in the country.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 20 Jan. 2020
• The Amazon founder dethroned Elon Musk, who trails behind at $198 billion, for the top spot.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
• The bucket hat has dethroned the fedora as the chapeau du jour.
  — Max Berlinger, The Seattle Times, 16 Aug. 2018
• Ferrari, who has won the fabled twenty-four-hour race four times in the past five years, must and will be dethroned.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
• There are plenty of teams with their eyes on dethroning them.
  — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 5 Sep. 2019
• In this year's survey, Wawa moved up four slots to take the lead, dethroning Firehouse Subs to the second slot.
  — Doreen Christensen, Sun-Sentinel.com, 27 Apr. 2018
• Whether Swiderski elects to stay or go, he’s been dethroned as the club’s top earner.
  — Nicky Wolcott, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2024
• Priced at just $4.99, this mascara is worth a try — and who knows, this new queen might just dethrone your current mascara.
  — Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024