How to Use replace in a Sentence

replace

verb

• I replaced the old rug with a new one.
• He carefully replaced the vase on the shelf.
• I guess it's finally time to replace the stove.
• The patient needed a transfusion to replace lost blood.
• They've appointed a new minister to replace the one who just retired.
• They recently replaced the old phone system.
• She was hired to replace the previous manager.
• The team's manager was replaced last season.
• Paper bags have been largely replaced by plastic bags.
• Will computers ever completely replace books?
• That’s when Bucky climbs atop a building and replaces the Nazi flag with the Stars and Stripes.
  — Jordan Riefe, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2024
• He was replaced by Michael Fulmer with the bases loaded in the sixth and the Cubs ahead 5-3.
  — Matt Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2023
• At the end of August, the fencing for the field and backstop will be replaced.
  — Matt Leavitt, cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
• Caban replaced Keechant Sewell, the first woman to lead the force.
  — CBS News, 21 Sep. 2024
• The freeway portions that would be replaced date to 1974.
  — Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 12 July 2023
• Hugh Casey, who replaced Fitzsimmons in the eighth, promptly gave up two runs and lost the game.
  — Houston Mitchell, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
• Gone was the visor and clipboard, replaced with a guitar and mic.
  — Mark Heim | [e-mail], al, 24 May 2023
• Read below to find out which stars were replaced on TV.
  — EW.com, 24 July 2024
• Lebanon’s Army will have to try to wrest power from, and replace, Hezbollah.
  — Robin Wright, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2024
• Chloe Moore-McNeil makes most sense to replace Berger at the 1.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 23 Mar. 2023
• Just be sure to keep it clean and replace the water every day or two.
  — Kate Morgan, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
• The lights of the town Christmas tree were turned off, replaced by flickering candles on the ground to honor the dead.
  — Patrick J. McDonnell, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
• At the last minute, I was replaced with another student, who was a dancer.
  — Al Pacino, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
• Essentially, the idea is to shoot the cue ball into the object ball and make the cue ball replace where the object was.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2024
• The iconic Tetris theme music also stopped and was replaced with tone.
  — Stephanie Gallman Jordan, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2024
• But sources say Downey Jr. quietly dropped out and was replaced by Wahlberg.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
• Vitez said part of the money will go toward replacing the tools.
  — Olivia Diaz, Washington Post, 17 Feb. 2024
• The new stand-alone center at Tri-City replaces a hospital unit closed in 2018.
  — Paul Sisson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 June 2024
• Russian business is even turning to the Chinese currency, the yuan, to replace the U.S. dollar.
  — Michael Schuman, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2024
• McCaffrey was unexpectedly pulled as a starter ahead of the season opener and was replaced by Jordan Mason just minutes before the matchup started.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Nov 2024