Example sentences for: supplanted

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

  • The conservative Paris daily Le Figaro ran a long philosophical essay by French academic Jean d'Ormesson suggesting football, having supplanted religion and patriotism, is the new "opium of the people."

  • As soon as it ended, the sand castle washed away, supplanted by the next big thing.

  • In Amsterdam, his palette darkened; marble floors replaced earthenware tiles, satin supplanted homespun, and a dream--it cannot have been more than that for de Hooch--of luxury reigned.

  • Sugar cane had taken a hefty toll on the Madeiran soil; exhausted plantations were supplanted by less-demanding grape vines.

  • It was subsequently supplanted by mass retailers in the form of department stores in large urban cities and by mail-order houses focused on smaller communities and rural markets.


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