How to Use relegate in a Sentence

relegate

verb

• The bill has been relegated to committee for discussion.
• Reynolds should be back next week, which could relegate Hodge to the bench again.
  — Dave Birkett, Detroit Free Press, 3 Jan. 2022
• Blade was relegated to the fourth lead in that version of the script.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 6 Dec. 2023
• The ties tended to be worn once and then relegated to the back of the closet.
  — John D'anna, azcentral, 15 June 2018
• That pretty much relegates it to the back of the big mixed border in the garden.
  — Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 4 Oct. 2024
• Could a team go 13-3 and be relegated to a wild-card slot?
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 2 Dec. 2019
• If there are any left they will be relegated back to the AA farm league.
  — Daniel Kohn, SPIN, 27 Mar. 2024
• Wheels are relegated to the far corners of the car, and the roof is almost as long as the wheelbase.
  — Don Sherman, Car and Driver, 22 Feb. 2023
• Queen was left off the first team picked by the media and relegated to the second team.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 11 Mar. 2025
• But Owen got caught up in a lap two wreck that relegated him to a last place (22nd).
  — Shawn Courchesne, courant.com, 10 Aug. 2019
• His skillset might relegate him to being a slot corner in the NFL.
  — Tim Bielik, cleveland, 26 Jan. 2021
• There’s a temptation to relegate bangs to the same trope as the breakup haircut.
  — Kaitlyn Tiffany, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2020
• But a lack of outdoor space doesn’t relegate you to a garden-less life.
  — Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 16 Apr. 2021
• Here is a short list of buzzwords that have been relegated to the buzzword hall of fame.
  — Bob Weinstein, Houston Chronicle, 23 Nov. 2019
• Ski trips shouldn’t be relegated to the rich and even richer.
  — Megan Michelson, Outside Online, 2 Dec. 2024
• Jackie Groenen scored for the Dutch in the 99th, relegating Sweden to the third-place game.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 4 July 2019
• For the most part, the genre has been relegated to television.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 21 June 2018
• These days though, leggings seem to have been relegated to the world of athleisure.
  — Vogue, 12 May 2019
• Iowa State is too close to Oklahoma to relegate to No. 2, just not close enough to bump into the top spot.
  — Chuck Carlton, Dallas News, 28 May 2021
• This time, though, Franks was carted off the field with an injury, not relegated to the bench by his head coach.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 13 Sep. 2019
• But the junta’s crimes can hardly be relegated to the past.
  — Joshua Hammer, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Dec. 2024
• This could be a huge hit for Amazon—why relegate it to the streaming boondocks?
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 24 Sep. 2024
• But catching the game on a big screen in a bar or buddy’s man cave has been relegated to the second string.
  — Mike Dojc, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
• Gao was relegated to spending his days hiking the cliff face and sweeping sand out of the caves.
  — Ian Johnson, The New Yorker, 18 Aug. 2024
• Winter doesn’t have to mean relegating your clubs to the basement.
  — David Weiss, WSJ, 29 Nov. 2023
• The club had just been relegated to the fourth tier and its stadium, Branko Matic said, was in bad shape.
  — James Montague, New York Times, 22 June 2018
• Taylor entered the year as a part-time player, starting just 12 of the team’s first 22 games, but over the last month he has been relegated to the end of the bench.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2024
• That sounds as if the white, male Bond is still considered the best of the best, with Lynch relegated to a supporting role.
  — oregonlive.com, 15 July 2019
• An ordering of society which relegates religion, democracy and good faith among nations to the background can find no place within it for the ideals of the Prince of Peace.
  — Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025
• Does that relegate the 2024 second-round pick to the bench, assuming Williams holds onto his starting role alongside McKinney?
  — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025