How to Use dethrone in a Sentence

dethrone

verb

• Those teams are looking to dethrone Overseas Elite, who has won the tournament in each of the last two years.
  — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 20 June 2017
• When the goal is trying to dethrone a destructive behemoth full of players in their prime, big moves must be pondered and then, if all goes right, executed.
  — Nick Kosmider, The Denver Post, 15 June 2017
• Would Paul George's athleticism and versatility be more valuable as the Cavs try to dethrone the champs?
  — Chris Fedor, cleveland.com, 16 June 2017
• Game studios targeting Facebook, or smartphones or the iPad rapidly grew into giants, and sometimes were dethroned just as quickly.
  — Matt Day, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2017
• China is no longer on track to dethrone the U.S. as the world’s No.
  — Fortune, 7 Feb. 2020
• The Tigers hope to dethrone the White Sox from their reign atop the division.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2021
• Will Serra be dethroned, in both its league and the Bay Area?
  — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
• But the one that topped the list and dethroned an 11-year champion?
  — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
• Ed Sheeran has been dethroned by the king of rock 'n' roll!
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
• Nobody could just come out of nowhere and dethrone a chess king, right?
  — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 12 Mar. 2021
• No team will ever dethrone the Cowboys — but that’s not the point.
  — Dallas News, 15 June 2022
• In its heyday, the Razr was thin, and one of the best selling phones, until the iPhone dethroned it.
  — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
• That's not to say that black is poised to dethrone the white wedding dress anytime soon.
  — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 17 May 2022
• Wegmans dethroned Trader Joe’s in 2016, and has earned the top spot on the survey for the past three years.
  — Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2018
• But will that be enough to dethrone what looks like an Eagles team built to win for years to come.
  — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 25 Jan. 2018
• In the same six-game run, Kansas is 3-3, and if the Red Raiders dethrone the Jayhawks this is could be the pivotal stretch.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 10 Feb. 2018
• Rick must lead the rest of the people to dethrone TrumpNegan.
  — Michael Harriot, The Root, 22 Oct. 2017
• The success of the protest movement that dethroned Suharto meant that for a while the winds of change were with Munir.
  — Krithika Varagur, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
• And the status quo will fight to keep their power up until the very last one has been dethroned.
  — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 22 Aug. 2017
• Not even the Houston Rockets, who were built to beat the Warriors, could dethrone them.
  — Justin Sayers, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2018
• Since Jacob, Noah took the top spot for just four short years before it was dethroned.
  — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 3 Oct. 2019
• But this year, Popovici or the 20-year-old Helsop may dethrone him.
  — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2022
• This thin patty isn’t about to dethrone its heartier rivals — but that seems to be the goal.
  — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
• That’s because the Falcons have as good a chance as any to dethrone New England.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2017
• In fact, over-the-top platforms are on track to dethrone television in the country.
  — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 20 Jan. 2020
• The Rowdies were fourth, but were eight-matches winless, which saw the team dethroned from first place.
  — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 16 Oct. 2017
• The Amazon founder dethroned Elon Musk, who trails behind at $198 billion, for the top spot.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
• The bucket hat has dethroned the fedora as the chapeau du jour.
  — Max Berlinger, The Seattle Times, 16 Aug. 2018
• Part two of Disney's grand plan to dethrone Netflix was to commission exclusive content which could only be found on its platform.
  — Caroline Reid, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
• The sweeping export curbs have not dethroned China as the largest revenue source for many of the world’s largest semiconductor equipment manufacturers.
  — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 4 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024