How to Use remove in a Sentence
- Remove the trash from the front yard.
- What's a good way to remove stains from a silk dress?
- He was removed from office.
- Trees help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
- The new law would remove obstacles to obtaining a work permit.
- My tonsils were removed when I was five years old.
- These new findings should remove any doubt about his innocence.
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That may remove most or all the residue.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 11 Jan. 2026
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No trees will need to be removed.
—Theresa Clift, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2025
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Use a clean damp cloth to remove the paste.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 1 Mar. 2026
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Open the oven door and remove the pot.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 25 Oct. 2025
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Dead wood should be removed as well.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
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The post has since been removed.
—Jane Lacroix, PEOPLE, 12 Apr. 2026
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Use a weed fork to remove any roots that are stuck.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
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All items were removed from the clean dish space.
—Rashad Alexander, Kansas City Star, 22 June 2026
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The brown-to-bronze fronds can be removed at this time.
—Tom MacCubbin, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
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Once the racks have soaked for long enough, remove the foil.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
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Once the top of the soil is moist, remove from the pan.
—Elizabeth Stamp, Architectural Digest, 20 Apr. 2026
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If there are still dead twigs or limbs that need to be removed.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 22 Feb. 2026
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Then, wet mop or steam mop the floors to remove any stains or marks.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 26 Sep. 2025
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Then, wet mop or steam mop the floors to remove any stains or marks.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 11 May 2026
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If in doubt, remove some of the excess.
—Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
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Right now your job is to stay cool and remove the tick safely.
—Kate Wong, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
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The umpire stopped play and the stone was removed from play.
—Julia Frankel, Chicago Tribune, 15 Feb. 2026
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Once you're done, use a damp cloth to wipe the oven again and remove the soap.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 1 Feb. 2026
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Then use a long, soft brush to scrub deep down in the drain and remove any buildup.
—Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 8 Feb. 2026
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He was removed with what was called right arm fatigue.
—Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 4 Apr. 2026
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Gently remove the mint leaves from their stems.
—Alexandra Kelly, Martha Stewart, 22 June 2026
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Crews removed parts of the roof in order to put out the fire.
—Wcco Staff, CBS News, 7 Feb. 2026
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Those who do not respond get removed.
—Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026
- She thrives when she's at some remove from mainstream society.
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The wind whips my face as a pronghorn bounds across the path, then turns to watch me from a safe remove.
—Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
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But compared with the virus, the risks are also at more of a remove.
—Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
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There was, though, one wrenching moment that smashed through my sense of remove.
—Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
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The queen sat alone and at a remove from the other attendees.
—NBC News, 17 Apr. 2021
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The hours between are spent at an odd and serene remove from a city not a ten-minute ride away by water.
—Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2023
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One’s patience with the remove from the action wears thin all too quickly.
—Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
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Place chicken breasts on a work surface and remove, then discard skin and bones.
—Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 20 June 2023
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Brooks the Elder shows up -- at a safe remove -- to bring the message home.
—oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2020
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Jaime has spent half her life watching herself from a self-conscious remove.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 27 Jan. 2026
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After all these years, maintaining this remove is your right.
—New York Times, 2 July 2018
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The answer is yes, but at such a remove that you can be forgiven for asking.
—Andrew A. Smith Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
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The trek is worthwhile — and not merely for the sense of remove from the everyday world.
—Sara Clemence, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
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The amendment put the judges at a remove from the political fray.
—James M. McGuire, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2026
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But Wright, in her first year, could offer guidance only at a remove.
—Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 19 June 2023
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Words and sentences track her like ghosts, at a remove from her body, but near enough to be within ear- and eyeshot.
—Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
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Heartbreaking, but from a remove because not us.
—Literary Hub, 27 Oct. 2025
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Something electronic but at a remove, as if coming through the wall.
—Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
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All this is not to suggest that Frankel worked at some remove or saw the aid as a mere transaction.
—Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2018
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Key developments — a first kiss, a painful breakup — are filmed at a discreet remove.
—Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2022
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This shift supports, rather than removes, human judgment.
—Ido Gaver, Forbes.com, 6 Feb. 2026
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Coverage of the new war in Israel does not allow for such a remove.
—Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
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Your protagonists tend to have intense inner lives as well, along with a bit of remove from the norm.
—Elizabeth Nicholas, Vogue, 15 June 2022
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Mostly portraits and group scenes, these oils look strikingly modern even at a six-decade remove.
—Brian P. Kelly, WSJ, 9 Mar. 2022
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For as much as the series filters its point of view through the eyes of the girls, there’s another level of remove.
—Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 18 Nov. 2018
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And perhaps that’s what keeps everything at a remove, sometimes more slight than others.
—Bill Goodykoontz, Detroit Free Press, 29 Oct. 2021
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Cosentino now has enough remove from that time of her life to be able to grapple with a more nuanced reality.
—Quinn Moreland, ELLE, 28 July 2023
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These are the real, honest accounts—not a page from a textbook recalling events at a remove.
—Aaron Schnoor, WSJ, 9 Nov. 2018
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Bettany plays the artist even in happier early days as having a chilly, watchful remove from his own life.
—Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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To release pie, run a small offset spatula between side of pan and the crust; gently open side of pan and remove.
—Staff Author, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Sep. 2025
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