How to Use eminent domain in a Sentence

eminent domain

noun

• The state took the homes by eminent domain to build the new road.
• City leaders used eminent domain to shut down the Bruce's thriving business to make way for a park.
  — CBS News, 9 Apr. 2021
• Prohibiting park districts in certain counties from using eminent domain for bike paths and trails.
  — Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 21 Apr. 2021
• In 1924, the city of Manhattan Beach used eminent domain to force the couple off their land to turn it into a park.
  — Marlene Lenthang, ABC News, 20 Apr. 2021
• In 2018, the History Connection took the club to court in a bid to acquire the lease via eminent domain.
  — Sarah Bahr, New York Times, 12 Apr. 2021
• So the Trump administration turned to the courts, filing in August to seize part of the property under eminent domain.
  — Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2021
• The property will sit five blocks from the site of the former theater, which was converted to a church in 1959 and later acquired by the city through eminent domain.
  — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 26 July 2024
• Hahn told reporters that when scare tactics didn't work, Manhattan Beach declared eminent domain in 1924.
  — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 12 Apr. 2021
• To build the park, the state took the land by eminent domain.
  — Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2022
• In 1853 the city used eminent domain to take control of the land.
  — CBS News, 6 Feb. 2022
• In the 1960s, the city used eminent domain to take the properties for a highway project.
  — Emmanuel Felton, Washington Post, 20 July 2023
• The Manhattan Beach Board of Trustees took the land in 1924 through eminent domain with plans to build a park.
  — Jordan D. Brown, USA TODAY, 21 July 2022
• The land had been taken from them in 1924 under the guise of eminent domain.
  — Curtis Bunn, NBC News, 28 June 2022
• Land once owned by the Burgess family was seized via eminent domain by the state in 1949 and cleared to make way for the Gold Rush park.
  — Palabra, oregonlive, 24 Feb. 2022
• The people of the small tribe were removed from their homes through eminent domain.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 22 June 2024
• The home was taken from the family by eminent domain in the 1950s.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022
• The railroad acquired the homes of Payne and many of her neighbors through eminent domain.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 12 Feb. 2023
• In 1974, the school district sued to take ownership of the site through an eminent domain claim.
  — Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 June 2021
• The land was taken by eminent domain in the early 1900s.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 12 May 2024
• The land was taken by eminent domain in the early 1900s.
  — Debra Utacia Krol, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2024
• The city decided to use eminent domain to seize the waterworks, and the two parties went to court.
  — Robin Kaiser-Schatzlein, The New Republic, 1 Apr. 2022
• The city used eminent domain to acquire the property, which had been at the location since the mid-1980s.
  — Washington Post, 16 Nov. 2021
• In 1974, in an effort to arrest control over the land, the school district sued the city through an eminent domain action.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Oct. 2021
• In some cases, the government seized homes that were in its way by eminent domain.
  — Livia Gershon, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 May 2021
• There was eminent domain and legal wrangling and the Bahu’s Arco station was torn down in 2003 and scrubbed.
  — Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 10 May 2024
• The city proposed a park and retention pond to stop future flooding in the area, and sought to use eminent domain to acquire the houses.
  — Wilborn P. Nobles Iii, ajc, 1 Nov. 2021
• The new board still has power over building permits, taxes, roads, bonds and eminent domain, the suit states.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 Apr. 2023
• Those two units are not part of the 40 acres that could be subject to eminent domain, which contains turbines that have been retired from use.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 24 Sep. 2021
• The town of Manhattan Beach took the Bruces’ property in 1924 via eminent domain.
  — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 June 2023
• The town took possession of the entire property through eminent domain in early 2023, and has begun eviction proceedings against those last five businesses.
  — Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 2 Feb. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Sep 2024