How to Use dethrone in a Sentence

dethrone

verb
Definition of dethronenext
Synonyms for dethronenext
  • There are plenty of teams with their eyes on dethroning them.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Since Jacob, Noah took the top spot for just four short years before it was dethroned.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 3 Oct. 2019
  • The success of the protest movement that dethroned Suharto meant that for a while the winds of change were with Munir.
    — Krithika Varagur, Foreign Affairs, 20 Dec. 2022
  • That's before Billie Eilish dethroned him, sweeping in up top like the bad guy late last month (duh).
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Washington certainly has the talent to dethrone the Dodgers and sprint to the World Series.
    — The Si Staff, SI.com, 30 Sep. 2019
  • China is no longer on track to dethrone the U.S. as the world’s No.
    — Fortune, 7 Feb. 2020
  • The Tigers hope to dethrone the White Sox from their reign atop the division.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 3 Oct. 2021
  • Ed Sheeran has been dethroned by the king of rock 'n' roll!
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 3 Feb. 2024
  • Nobody could just come out of nowhere and dethrone a chess king, right?
    — Cecilia D'anastasio, Wired, 12 Mar. 2021
  • No team will ever dethrone the Cowboys — but that’s not the point.
    — Dallas News, 15 June 2022
  • In its heyday, the Razr was thin, and one of the best selling phones, until the iPhone dethroned it.
    — Dalvin Brown, USA TODAY, 14 Nov. 2019
  • That's not to say that black is poised to dethrone the white wedding dress anytime soon.
    — Parija Kavilanz, CNN, 17 May 2022
  • But this year, Popovici or the 20-year-old Helsop may dethrone him.
    — Alexander Thompson, BostonGlobe.com, 4 June 2022
  • This thin patty isn’t about to dethrone its heartier rivals — but that seems to be the goal.
    — Washington Post, 12 Aug. 2020
  • In fact, over-the-top platforms are on track to dethrone television in the country.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 20 Jan. 2020
  • The Amazon founder dethroned Elon Musk, who trails behind at $198 billion, for the top spot.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Ferrari, who has won the fabled twenty-four-hour race four times in the past five years, must and will be dethroned.
    — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Whether Swiderski elects to stay or go, he’s been dethroned as the club’s top earner.
    — Nicky Wolcott, Charlotte Observer, 19 June 2024
  • Wasting no time, Cruz attacked the second pitch of the at-bat — a 100.3 mph cutter — and dethroned himself from the top of the leaderboard.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 21 May 2024
  • This isn’t to say we’ll never be dethroned as the world’s reserve currency.
    — The Enquirer, 23 Feb. 2024
  • This isn’t to say we’ll never be dethroned as the world’s reserve currency.
    — The Enquirer, 12 June 2024
  • With so much momentum, the app seemed well on its way to dethroning Twitter.
    — Yiwen Lu, New York Times, 27 July 2023
  • Even if Youngkin did enter the race, Murdoch surely knows that his odds of dethroning Trump would be slim.
    — Oliver Darcy, CNN, 17 July 2023
  • Episode 3, previewing the Bulls’ attempts to dethrone the Pistons.
    — cleveland, 27 Apr. 2020
  • What no one would have guessed at the time was that a marble shot through with wine-red veining would dethrone white marbles so handily in the 2020s.
    — Elizabeth Sweet, WSJ, 17 Feb. 2023
  • In the end, Mr. McCarthy was doomed by just eight members of his own party and a united caucus of Democrats, all of whom voted to dethrone him.
    — Catie Edmondson, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2023
  • Eventually bitcoin will dethrone gold as the king of safe-haven assets, and hopefully this changing of the guard takes place by the end of the decade.
    — Billy Bambrough, Forbes, 23 Oct. 2021
  • There does not seem to be as much of an appetite from House Republicans to dethrone Johnson this time around.
    — Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 12 Jan. 2024
  • None have succeeded, and, despite their best efforts, there’s no reason to think any of them will dethrone Twitch any time soon.
    — Nicolás Rivero, Quartz, 28 Mar. 2021
  • The actress also dethroned one famous couple for the title of fastest to 1 million: Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.
    — Ale Russian, PEOPLE.com, 10 Nov. 2019

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