How to Use evict in a Sentence

evict

verb

• His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon.
• They were evicted from their apartment.
• Hence, the lender was able to evict you and sell the home.
  — Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023
• Since then, the home has tried to evict him three times.
  — Amy Julia Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2020
• There are no plans to evict any of the tenants, Mills said.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024
• Smith has twice filed in court this year to evict the woman, to no avail.
  — John Simerman, NOLA.com, 19 Sep. 2020
• But when all is said and done, Zach is evicted from the house by a vote of 8-2 — cue the tears!
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 14 Aug. 2025
• And when the votes come in, even Rachel votes out her bestie, and Amy is evicted 13-0.
  — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 24 July 2025
• The city of San Diego moved to evict most tenants from structures in 1987.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
• The father-in-law does not own the property and did not have the right to evict.
  — cleveland, 10 Sep. 2021
• Xavier doesn't use the veto, giving Big D the sole vote to evict.
  — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• Doing so, Gross said, could lead the landlord to seek to evict you.
  — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
• While Buck was in jail, his landlord filed to evict him.
  — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2020
• This is your house, and the decision whether to evict him should be yours.
  — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 23 June 2021
• They had been evicted from their house, and their car was stolen.
  — Paul Tough, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2019
• That same year, one in 50 renters was evicted from their homes.
  — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2019
• Each brought along door knockers who tried to evict her.
  — Dallas News, 28 July 2022
• Even this concession roused the ire of the landlord class, which is poised and ready to evict.
  — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
• If the payment is not made, state law says a landlord can evict you.
  — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2021
• The houseguests voted to evict Adrian by a vote of 8-4.
  — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 4 Aug. 2025
• For the people who don't pay their rent, they get evicted.
  — NBC News, 20 Nov. 2019
• In exchange, landlords had to agree not to evict tenants for the next three months.
  — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2020
• Once a mobile-home tax lien is purchased, the buyer owns the home and can evict the tenants.
  — Rebekah L. Sanders, azcentral, 12 July 2019
• The film follows her on the worst day of her life as she gets fired, evicted and robbed at gunpoint.
  — Caroline Blair, People.com, 10 June 2025
• Think of a household in a tough stretch that can’t cover next month’s rent and is evicted.
  — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
• When the theater refused to budge, the mayor threatened to evict them.
  — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
• Metro Phoenix landlords moved to evict hundreds more renters in April than March.
  — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
• The primary tenant cannot evict you or force you out of your home.
  — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2022
• If a judgment sides with the landlord, the tenant can be evicted.
  — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
• And that was by design, said Rocha, who was evicted by a vote of 8-4 on July 31.
  — David Wysong, The Enquirer, 6 Aug. 2025