How to Use unseat in a Sentence
unseat
verb- The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
- He unseated an incumbent senator.
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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 -
Atlantic, which spent most of the past two seasons in the top spot of the rankings, will try to unseat this year’s No. 1 on the road.
— Gary Curreri, sun-sentinel.com, 7 Sep. 2021 -
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 -
Four years ago, the state’s teachers’ union spent more than $5 million to unseat him.
— New York Times, 4 Nov. 2021 -
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 -
The research around flow leaves no doubt that flow at least temporarily unseats the ego.
— Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Nov. 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 -
And this year’s field of GOP candidates seeking to unseat her is growing.
— Washington Post, 23 Sep. 2021 -
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 -
Is this team capable of making a run at a gold medal with teams such as France, Australia, Slovenia, and Spain primed to unseat them?
— BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2021 -
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 -
Who triumphs over the greatest challenge of his political career and then can’t stop bitching about the cabinet member who just failed to unseat him?
— Sophie Brookover, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024 -
Jurado, a tenant rights attorney, is looking to unseat Councilmember Kevin de León in an Eastside district.
— David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 1 Nov. 2024
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