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How to use dislodge in a sentence

23 example sentences · verb

Dislodge means to remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied. Example: “The fluke of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.”

Examples of dislodge by meaning

verbTo remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.

  • Four yeas later the same committee estimated that during the Yangtze flood of 1935 some 73,000,000 mou of agricultural land were submerged and 14,000,000 people dislodged from their homes.1959, Ping-ti Ho, Studies on the Population of China, 1368-1953, Harvard University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 234
  • In 1955, No. 30783, after a collision with an H15 4-6-0 at Bournemouth in which its right-hand cylinder was dislodged, required very extensive frame renewals.1961 March, C. P. Boocock, “The organisation of Eastleigh Locomotive Works”, in Trains Illustrated, page 160
  • Hinshelwood says he had "the biggest smile on my face for a long time" when he learned no rocks from the 2019 project had been dislodged by the 2020 deluge.2020 August 26, Andrew Mourant, “Reinforced against future flooding”, in Rail, page 61

verbTo force out of a secure or settled position.

  • Obama seemed like a digital-age leader who could at last dislodge the stalemate between those who clung to the government of the Great Society, on the one hand, and those who disdained the very idea of government, on the other.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times

More sentences with dislodge

  • The fluke of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.From the entry fluke
  • Tori had to readjust her bikini top when it became dislodged after a dive into the water.From the entry bikini top
  • In choir and cloister, gathering up dropped Syllables, mismumbled words dislodged From the liturgy by sinful clerics.2016, John Leonard, “Tittivillus”, in Think of the World: Collected Poems. From the entry mismumble
  • His shirt has come dislodged from his pants, revealing a hint of his happy trail.2011, E. L. James, Fifty Shades Freed, Vintage Books, published 2012, →ISBN, pages 424–425. From the entry happy trail
  • Scott's foot connected with the side of his head, dislodging his wrenchlike grip.2007, Simon Wood, Paying the Piper, page 309. From the entry wrenchlike
  • Also wet-sanding soaks the paper facing, sometimes dislodges the tape, and tends to round joint compound edges rather than taper them.2005, Michael W. Litchfield, Renovation, →ISBN, page 356. From the entry wet-sanding
  • Instead, their program calls for American pressure to dislodge Russia and the Communists from north Korea, by force if necessary.1947 September 10, Thoburn T. Brumbaugh, “Soviet Nightmare in Korea”, in The Christian Century, volume LXIV, number 37, Chicago: Christian…. From the entry rapprochement
  • Cold and grim sat that malevolent brute the furnace, greedy, bottomless—its grate bars clenched over clinkers which no shaker could dislodge.1944, Emily Carr, “Dew and Alarm Clocks”, in The House of All Sorts. From the entry clinker
  • The pole was greased and men tried to walk out to the end of it and dislodge the crate.1942, Emily Carr, “Regatta”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC. From the entry greaser
  • Jimmy Donoghue developed the “Alexandrian limp” during the gay and festive season, owing to being dislodged by a fractious neddy.1904 January 7, Amberite [pseudonym], “Sport & Sportsmen”, in Mudgee Guardian and North-Western Representative, volume XIV, number 1196…. From the entry Alexandrian limp
  • Moreover, an excessive focus on the culture-specific might reinstate the very hierarchy it is intended to dislodge, and it might lack broader relevance or theorizability.2012 August 9, Nana Sato-Rossberg, Translation and Translation Studies in the Japanese Context, A&C Black, →ISBN, page 40. From the entry theorizability
  • The automatic chainbrake stops the chain immediately when the operator's left hand slips or is dislodged from the handle of the saw.1984, Heffernan, William, The Harvest reader, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, page 467. From the entry chainbrake
  • His circumcised glans was in fact like a spearhead, able to penetrate any flesh with ease and just as difficult to dislodge.1976, Gene Murray, Gang-bang bikers, page 7. From the entry crazen
  • They also dislodged the Japanese from the nearby town of Tunghsu and disrupted the Lung-Hai Railway, cutting the Japanese line of supply to Kaifeng.1939 January, Lin Yu, “"The China Incident"”, in Philippine Magazine, volume XXXVI, number 1 (369), →OCLC, page 211. From the entry Kaifeng
  • As this caterpillar is very readily dislodged, jarring the tree and killing the insect on the ground is a convenient combatative measure.1910, Edith M. Patch, O. A. Johannsen, Apple Tree Insects of Maine, page 25. From the entry combatative
  • There had been several RTAs that night, but the gore did not bother her, she wasn’t one to panic at the sight of a jutting bone or dislodged eye.2023, Ayọ̀bámi Adébáyọ̀, A Spell of Good Things, Canongate Books, pages 240-241. From the entry rta
  • "Sure, but she's not saying." Imrich kicked his feet up on the coffee table, dislodging a pile of research papers — hers, of course — onto the floor.2022 September 15, HarryBlank, “The Mourning After”, in SCP Foundation, archived from the original on 14 Jun 2024. From the entry chipper
  • As for any potential hazards posed by em, dislodged crystals, Merrill-Nach said that would likely be a bigger issue for romantic partners than for the "vajazzled" lady.2010 March 5, Tiffany O'Callaghan, “Bedazzling… below the belt?”, in Time. From the entry vajazzled
  • It actually overstepped the mark because with stoppage time approaching several fans came onto the pitch and even dislodged the goalframe to my left in premature celebration.2009, Richard Brentnall, A Different Corner: Exploring Spanish Football, page 180. From the entry goalframe

Meaning of dislodge

  1. verb To remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.
  2. verb To move or go from a dwelling or former position.
  3. verb To force out of a secure or settled position.

Full definition of dislodge

Questions about dislodge in a sentence

How do you use dislodge in a sentence?
Dislodge is used as a verb. For example: “The fluke of the anchor was wedged between two outcroppings of rock and could not be dislodged.”
What is a short sentence with dislodge?
“Scott's foot connected with the side of his head, dislodging his wrenchlike grip.”
What does dislodge mean?
Dislodge means to remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied.

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