How to Use depose in a Sentence

depose

verb
  • But the toy king had been deposed.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Dec. 2025
  • None of those who were deposed was mentioned by name at the hearing.
    — Paul Egan, Freep.com, 3 July 2025
  • But they have not been deposed or called as witnesses here.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Maduro has in any case outwitted dozens of attempts to depose him over the years.
    — Quico Toro, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Stines was deposed in that lawsuit three days before the shooting last month.
    — Lucas Aulbach, The Courier-Journal, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Public anger at Yanukovich overflowed, and that month he was deposed.
    — Sam Patten, WIRED, 14 Aug. 2019
  • But then those detectives were deposed and trapped themselves in lies.
    — Paul Solotaroff, Rolling Stone, 9 June 2026
  • Even before he was elected, the talk at glitzy dinner parties was of how to depose him.
    — The Economist, 14 Sep. 2017
  • And none of Mr Biden’s rivals looks clearly able to depose him.
    — The Economist, 5 Dec. 2019
  • Now they were being superseded—deposed by the colony—within a year or two.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 21 Aug. 2023
  • If the war expands and Qaddafi is deposed, who will govern Libya?
    — Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 4 Sep. 2019
  • His own party could push him out—but Likud has never deposed one of its own leaders.
    — The Economist, 12 Sep. 2019
  • The Joyces are set to be deposed when discovery is complete.
    — Olivia Bensimon, Curbed, 17 June 2026
  • When he was deposed, years later, in a separate matter, there were half a dozen.
    — Andrea Marks, Rolling Stone, 23 July 2023
  • Stormy Daniels’ lawyer has filed a motion to depose the president and his lawyer.
    — NBC News, 28 Mar. 2018
  • The defense is in the process of deposing the woman's ex-husband.
    — Allison Kite and Joseph Bustos, kansascity, 19 Apr. 2018
  • In both instances, the threat the audience wanted to depose was clear.
    — Daniel Bessner, The New Republic, 7 Sep. 2022
  • They are scheduled to be deposed there in late February.
    — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Embalo called French media to say he had been deposed.
    — Reuters 18 Hr Ago, CNN Money, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Lively has already been deposed.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Sep. 2025
  • That is certainly worth keeping an eye on if and when the coach is deposed after the season ends.
    — Chris Solari, Detroit Free Press, 25 Oct. 2019
  • Now Pelosi’s critics have renewed their threat to depose her even if Democrats do win the midterms.
    — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 16 Mar. 2018
  • OpenAI’s in-house legal team will be deposed.
    — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Some firefighters on hose pickup duty that day have not been deposed in the lawsuit.
    — Alene Tchekmedyian, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Now the Beach family could depose the survivors about what led to the fatal boat crash.
    — CBS News, 30 Oct. 2021
  • At the same time, the city is trying to keep Council members from being deposed.
    — New York Times, 2 May 2018
  • Araiza is slated to be deposed next week for the civil case that still remains against the four other players.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Yovanovitch was recalled from the post early and is scheduled to be deposed Friday.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2019
  • What was conveyed to us is that the kids have been spilling out their guts deposing and going through this civil lawsuit.
    — Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 9 Apr. 2025
  • Scott was deposed over five months ago, and Drake was deposed last November.
    — Ethan Millman, Rolling Stone, 28 Mar. 2024

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