How to Use crowd out in a Sentence

crowd out

phrasal verb

• Often these seedlings crowd out the more desirable cultivars that were intentionally purchased.
  — Dawn Pettinelli, Hartford Courant, 10 Aug. 2024
• With three methods of reproduction, lesser celandine can spread very rapidly in areas with disturbed soils, crowding out native species like spring beauties and trilliums.
  — Kylie Martin, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2024
• Pristine wildlife areas degrade, the markets and butcher shops that sustained locals give way to souvenir stores, and residents get crowded out as their homes are converted to short-term rentals.
  — Paul Thornton, The Mercury News, 2 Aug. 2024
• But if enough early drives are snuffed out, the Tigers could take the home crowd out of the game.
  — USA TODAY, 27 Aug. 2023
• Through tonight: It’ll be crowded out there this evening.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
• And nothing brings a crowd out, of course, like winning.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2024
• In a great year — like 2023 — a lot of the mid-year best films get crowded out by December.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 1 July 2024
• Grow a thick lawn mowed no shorter than two inches and let the good grass crowd out the nutgrass.
  — Steve Bender, Southern Living, 7 July 2023
• They were being crowded out by the grandeur of the landscape looming around and above us.
  — Alexandra Kleeman, Travel + Leisure, 29 Oct. 2023
• After the service, people crowd out of the church and jump on four wheelers and in cars to drive down to the Newhalen River.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 13 May 2023
• Bulk and spread are a problem with many natives that can crowd out the other plants in your garden.
  — Jeanette Marantos, Los Angeles Times, 1 Dec. 2023
• As the city council moved on to other matters, Dickson ushered the angry crowd out to the porch.
  — Caroline Kitchener, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Sep. 2023
• As the City Council moved on to other matters, Dickson ushered the angry crowd out to the porch.
  — Caroline Kitchener The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 2 Sep. 2023
• Increasing the number of H-2B visas will not crowd out U.S.-born workers.
  — Gordon H. Hanson, Foreign Affairs, 19 Dec. 2022
• This time around, the issue, always close to his heart but now crowding out all others, is himself.
  — Nr Editors, National Review, 22 Dec. 2023
• Too much cow's milk at this age can crowd out other foods, resulting in a child not getting enough iron, says Reed.
  — Rachel Meltzer Warren, M.s., Parents, 13 Dec. 2023
• Has the business of college sports crowded out fun and tradition?
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 8 Aug. 2023
• Brushfires would sweep through and the species adapted and regrew, crowding out native grasses and moving close to homes.
  — Brianna Sacks, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
• Indeed, the lure of pickleball may be powerful enough to crowd out other sports.
  — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 17 Nov. 2023
• Be sure to follow the package directions for planting instructions to ensure that the brown millet doesn’t overtake the area and crowd out the Bermudagrass.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023
• Second, All-Star events can crowd out regular tourist events, displacing other tourists with All-Star ones.
  — David Gutman, Anchorage Daily News, 9 July 2023
• Research has shown that the catfish, which have few natural predators in the Chesapeake, consume a huge variety of bay species, and crowd out native fish.
  — Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 4 Jan. 2024
• Worse, such jabber crowds out essential coverage of genuine threats to democracy and the visions of the two parties.
  — Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
• Explaining or clarifying things over Zoom can take much longer, which in turn crowds out productive work time.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 20 July 2023
• On Margarita, biologists found its roots were crowding out the eggs before the turtles were even fully formed.
  — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
• Or might those things crowd out other romantic opportunities and narrow the range of potential partners to those trapped in the same gilded cage?
  — Andrew Van Dam, Washington Post, 16 June 2023
• Ultimately, the focus should be on tools that further open, rather than crowd out, more private sector capital.
  — Sultan Al Jaber, Fortune, 19 Sep. 2023
• That could provide more habitat to support more salmon, which may crowd out native fish species or increase competition for food or other resources.
  — WIRED, 18 Oct. 2023
• Even after the 1,800-acre park was founded, the pace of growth persisted, bringing cookie-cutter suburbs, vast solar farms and nonnative plants that crowded out other species.
  — Alice Li, Washington Post, 3 May 2023
• Right now, Donald Trump is crowding out every other candidate.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Oct 2024