How to Use unseat in a Sentence

unseat

verb

• The horse bucked and unseated its rider.
• He unseated an incumbent senator.
• The scandal sent two judges to prison and unseated a third.
  — Anat Rubin, ProPublica, 4 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• At the time, Orbán had just won a fourth term as prime minister, soundly defeating a six-party coalition that aimed to unseat him.
  — Grayson Quay, The Week, 11 July 2022
• Made with smoked salmon and lush cream cheese, this version just might unseat the classic fillings as your family's favorite.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2022
• Paxton was able to unseat seven incumbents; four were in races where Abbott also backed the challenger.
  — Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024
• Two more challengers joined the crowded field looking to unseat Los Angeles County Dist.
  — James Queally, Los Angeles Times, 28 Aug. 2023
• For the first time in years, the opposition – at least for now – seems united around fielding a candidate that could unseat Erdogan.
  — Abbas Al Lawati, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
• His bid to unseat McConnell failed during a closed-door vote of Senate Republicans.
  — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 17 Feb. 2023
• Haley has centered herself as the Republican best positioned to unseat Biden in the fall.
  — TIME, 1 Feb. 2024
• The group will also host a conversation with Oberstein, the candidate running to unseat Lee in the Northwest Valley.
  — David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Jan. 2024
• Cannon is pumping thousands of dollars of her own money into her attempt to unseat Moore.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 June 2022
• Others were willing to look past possible malfeasance as a means to unseat Mr. Bolsonaro and bring the nation back together.
  — Mauricio Savarese and Carla Bridi, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Jan. 2023
• When Threads was released, some saw it as a viable alternative that might unseat its rival, and the app saw enormous initial success.
  — Eva Rothenberg, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
• Frustrated in its efforts last year to unseat Ms. Sandu through street protests, the party has turned its energy and money toward Gagauzia.
  — Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2023
• Still, no city could unseat the perennial winner, Quebec City.
  — Liz Cantrell, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
• In an effort to unseat Mendoza, LeBaron endorsed two candidates.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2022
• That same year, an activist hedge fund unseated two board members of Exxon Mobil over concerns about the company’s role in global warming.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 9 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 6 May 2024