How to Use unseat in a Sentence

unseat

verb

• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• An adorable three-year-old is threatening to unseat Corn Kid from his viral throne thanks to a new video from Recess Therapy.
  — Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 6 Jan. 2023
• Instead, the team came within an inch of unseating the European champions on the world’s largest stage.
  — Ryan Lenora Brown, The Christian Science Monitor, 8 Aug. 2023
• The race to unseat Scott ramped up this week when Mucarsel-Powell launched her campaign, challenging the three time state election winner, Scott.
  — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 24 Aug. 2023
• In Ecuador, protests over the rising prices of food and fuel have ensnared the country’s capital for weeks and threaten to unseat its president.
  — Shannon Pettypiece, NBC News, 28 June 2022
• When the strap is properly cinched, there is no danger of the rider coming unseated because of a loose saddle.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 May 2024
• King faces a recall election Nov. 8, and residents have cited the issues of the department in seeking to unseat him.
  — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 26 Sep. 2022
• Nvidia has an 80% share of the AI chip market, and analysts don’t think a competitor will unseat the $3 trillion company any time soon.
  — Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 3 July 2024
• This led to two riders being unseated from their horses, who also got loose.
  — Becca Longmire, Peoplemag, 2 July 2024
• The path for Trian or Blackwells to secure enough shareholder votes at the April 3 meeting to unseat incumbent board members is slim to none.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 7 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 26 Sep 2024