How to Use depose in a Sentence

depose

verb
  • Stormy Daniels’ lawyer has filed a motion to depose the president and his lawyer.
    NBC News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Jones has been subpoenaed but has not yet been deposed by Kaepernick's attorney.
    Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 27 Mar. 2018
  • The motion, filed in federal court in Los Angeles, asks to depose Trump for no more than two hours.
    Adam K. Raymond, Daily Intelligencer, 28 Mar. 2018
  • Also, their officials and former officials could be deposed under oath.
    Michael McCann, SI.com, 22 Mar. 2018
  • The internet is now flooded with deny, defend, and depose shirts and other items, some including the word UnitedHealthcare.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 9 Dec. 2024
  • The Art of Being the Donald, and one of the few people to have deposed Trump in court.
    Abigail Tracy, The Hive, 2 May 2018
  • He was later deposed and killed during fighting that broke out in the wake of the Arab Spring.
    Jamie Tarabay, CNN, 11 June 2018
  • The defense is in the process of deposing the woman's ex-husband.
    Allison Kite and Joseph Bustos, kansascity, 19 Apr. 2018
  • If the war expands and Qaddafi is deposed, who will govern Libya?
    Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2019
  • And none of Mr Biden’s rivals looks clearly able to depose him.
    The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Paxton has been deposed in the Unity case twice since 2019.
    Robert T. Garrett, Dallas News, 28 Aug. 2023
  • Lager has denied those claims and is scheduled to be deposed in the case July 29.
    Patrick O'Donnell, cleveland.com, 5 July 2019
  • He was deposed and killed in 2011 after a rebellion sparked by the Arab Spring.
    David Jackson, USA TODAY, 16 May 2018
  • Trump is scheduled to be deposed in that lawsuit this month.
    Drew Harwell, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024
  • Now the Beach family could depose the survivors about what led to the fatal boat crash.
    CBS News, 30 Oct. 2021
  • Kirakosian said that when the judge agreed and said the attorney could depose Colomey, the city came to the table to settle.
    Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 7 Apr. 2021
  • And in a popular video clip, soccer fans could be heard shouting the name of the shah, who was deposed in 1979.
    The Christian Science Monitor, 7 May 2018
  • The Houthis fought an on-and-off war with Yemen’s then-government until it was deposed.
    Washington Post, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Public anger at Yanukovich overflowed, and that month he was deposed.
    Sam Patten, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2019
  • In both instances, the threat the audience wanted to depose was clear.
    Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • At the same time, the city is trying to keep Council members from being deposed.
    New York Times, 2 May 2018
  • Trump was deposed by James’s office in April, but the contents so far have not been made public.
    Michael Kranish, Anchorage Daily News, 27 July 2023
  • Stines was deposed in that lawsuit three days before the shooting last month.
    Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Without the suit, there’s no cause to depose Linda and no threat of exposing the existence of the tapes.
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 5 Oct. 2021
  • Bailey had assumed the throne, briefly, only to be deposed.
    Hannah Gold, Harper's Magazine, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But with the new agreement Wednesday night, the eight crew members would be able to leave the country before they’re deposed.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 20 June 2024
  • But he was deposed in a coup in 2013 and thrown in prison along with other leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood.
    The Economist, 22 June 2019
  • Yovanovitch was recalled from the post early and is scheduled to be deposed Friday.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
  • That is certainly worth keeping an eye on if and when the coach is deposed after the season ends.
    Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2019
  • After Marcos was deposed, his assets were frozen and 40 Wall Street was auctioned off, again, seven years later.
    Zach Everson, Forbes, 6 Oct. 2024

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