Example sentences for: oust

How can you use “oust” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A Susan Sontag essay riffs on the Kosovo crisis, concluding that it is a just war to deter "radical evil" and that the allies will fail if they don't oust Milosevic.

  • Meanwhile, in Edinburgh, the daily Scotsman quoted "Washington insiders" Wednesday saying there was now a clear U.S. policy to oust Saddam's regime in six months to a year through small-scale but continuous air attacks.

  • The Times said hard-line members of the Ulster Unionist Party are already plotting to oust Trimble, and the Daily Telegraph , which is fiercely supportive of the continuing union of Northern Ireland with Britain, came close to accusing him of betrayal.

  • A piece predicts that the Bancroft family, which controls Dow Jones, may oust CEO Peter Kann because of the miserable performance of the company's stock.

  • The English captured her and burned her at the stake in Rouen in 1431, but her martyrdom stirred national pride sufficiently to oust the English from France 20 years later.


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