How to Use depose in a Sentence

depose

verb

• He was later deposed and killed during fighting that broke out in the wake of the Arab Spring.
  — Jamie Tarabay, CNN, 11 June 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 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
• The journalist had the luck (good and bad) of wandering through Afghanistan weeks after the Taliban was deposed.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 8 Jan. 2020
• His own party could push him out—but Likud has never deposed one of its own leaders.
  — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
• When the defense counsel in that case was set to depose Rodriguez, the former Yankee dropped the lawsuit.
  — Christian Red, Forbes, 29 Aug. 2021
• Araiza is slated to be deposed next week for the civil case that still remains against the four other players.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2023
• Now they were being superseded—deposed by the colony—within a year or two.
  — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
• Yet when Nadal won, there was a real fear that this was a knockout blow, that Federer had been deposed and might go by way of Borg.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 20 June 2018
• Scott was deposed over five months ago, and Drake was deposed last November.
  — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024
• When he was deposed, years later, in a separate matter, there were half a dozen.
  — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
• The city made the offer before Cale Josephs’ lawyer was scheduled to depose the officers involved.
  — oregonlive, 22 Sep. 2021
• Yahoo Sports was the first outlet to report Thursday of efforts to depose Trump.
  — A.j. Perez, USA TODAY, 7 June 2018
• As part of the lawsuit, Penny was deposed in November 2014.
  — Rachel Axon, USA TODAY, 12 June 2018
• According to the latest polling, elections might depose Netanyahu.
  — Miriam Berger, Washington Post, 18 June 2024
• The sheriff is a defendant in an ongoing federal lawsuit and was deposed Monday for several hours.
  — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 23 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 13 Nov 2024