How to Use oust in a Sentence

oust

verb

• The rebels ousted the dictator from power.
• Large national banks are ousting local banks in many communities.
• Kevin McCarthy has been ousted as speaker of the House.
  — Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2023
• But as more scandals washed over Mr. Johnson, Mr. Sunak moved to oust him.
  — Paul Hannon, WSJ, 24 Oct. 2022
• The previous spring, Hull scored eight goals to help the Black Hawks oust the Wings in a seven-game, first-round series.
  — Helene St. James, Detroit Free Press, 31 Jan. 2023
• Colonel el-Qaddafi was ousted from Tripoli that August.
  — James Glanz, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2023
• The superintendent was ousted in the wake of the shooting.
  — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2023
• McEnany is the first female host to fill in since Carlson was ousted.
  — Jenny Goldsberry, Washington Examiner, 4 May 2023
• Sam Altman is back at the helm of OpenAI, days after the board abruptly ousted him.
  — Deepa Seetharaman, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2023
• The morning show has been in flux after Don Lemon was ousted from the channel, and after Kaitlan Collins was moved to the 9 p.m. hour.
  — Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2023
• Congress had tried to oust him, but failed to garner enough votes for an impeachment.
  — Mitra Taj, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• House Democrats on Tuesday promised to kill any effort from Greene to oust him from his speakership.
  — Jane Onyanga-Omara, USA TODAY, 2 May 2024
• That included returning the House rules so that one member can move for a vote to oust the speaker.
  — Jeremy Herb, Manu Raju, Melanie Zanona, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2023
• According to reports, the new speaker has agreed to allow any single member of the House to call for a vote to oust the speaker.
  — Dallas News, 9 Jan. 2023
• After Zucker was ousted in 2022, many believed that Lemon would be on the chopping block.
  — Tatiana Siegel, Variety, 5 Apr. 2023
• Many Kentucky Democrats hated him first, having failed to oust him seven times.
  — Scott Jennings, CNN, 2 Jan. 2023
• The second-term Republican is no ally of Trump, who tried to oust him from office last year.
  — Greg Bluestein The Atlanta Journal-Constitution (tns), Arkansas Online, 18 Aug. 2023
• Trump tamped down an attempt to oust Johnson in May by hard liners in his conference.
  — David Sivak, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 23 Oct. 2024
• His main rival is the man who helped oust him last year, the centrist caretaker Prime Minister Yair Lapid.
  — Shira Rubin and Claire Parker, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2022
• However, President Trump has renewed calls to oust the longtime Senate leader in the wake of the midterms.
  — Rafi Schwartz, The Week, 14 Nov. 2022
• Brown stormed off after overhearing his partners plot to oust him.
  — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 17 June 2024
• In the past, Tester has proven to be a difficult candidate to oust for Republicans.
  — Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 12 Sep. 2024
• For example, the formal rules and structures of the parties are still weak; Democrats had to rely on informal levers of power to oust Biden from the race.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 3 Sep. 2024
• With the world's longest-serving female head of government now ousted, questions are swirling as to what this means for Bangladesh.
  — Justin Klawans, theweek, 7 Aug. 2024
• Twice, Congress had tried to oust Mr. Castillo from power, but failed to garner enough votes for an impeachment.
  — Mitra Taj, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• Russia may oust the commanders of all its military districts before the year's over.
  — Jorge L. Ortiz, USA TODAY, 7 Nov. 2022
• There’s something that feels correct about this video coming out at the same time as George Santos being ousted from Congress.
  — Vulture, 22 Dec. 2023
• Max claimed he had been ousted from his position and made the decision to close the gallery while Pierre was sick with Covid, an allegation that the gallery denied.
  — Alex Greenberger, ARTnews.com, 9 Aug. 2024
• The Bakersfield Republican left Congress at the end of 2023, with a year left in his term, after his own party ousted him as speaker of the House.
  — Laura J. Nelson, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
• McGuffey ousted Neil in the Democratic primary in 2020 in a race that garnered national headlines.
  — Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024