How to Use removed in a Sentence

removed

adjective
  • The child of your first cousin is your first cousin once removed.
  • We're looking for an apartment somewhat removed from the noise of downtown.
  • Moon hoaxers aren’t that far removed from record store clerks.
    — Eric Spitznagel, Popular Mechanics, 19 July 2019
  • The objects read as relics of a time both recent and removed.
    — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 10 Aug. 2021
  • Do it from the character’s point of view instead of as a removed way.
    — Joanna Robinson, HWD, 6 Dec. 2017
  • For a tragedy that can feel so removed, these lines are devastating.
    — oregonlive, 7 Aug. 2020
  • The signs can be put up one hour before the open house and must be removed one hour after the open house closes.
    — Nicholas Sakelaris, star-telegram.com, 23 May 2017
  • The removed heroes will be based on play-rate data from the previous two weeks, the league said.
    — Sean Collins, Dallas News, 30 Jan. 2020
  • His love for Edith feels real, far removed from the flings seen in previous episodes.
    — Keith Phipps, Vox, 29 June 2018
  • Whether or not a staff member is paid while removed from their post depends on the terms of their employment.
    — Hannah Leone, chicagotribune.com, 27 Nov. 2019
  • But the film, this far removed, shouldn't be judged by the sins of its financier and distributor.
    — Brian Lowry, CNN, 20 Mar. 2020
  • All for the small price of reliving middle school horrors, which, for must of this cast, isn't that far removed.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 13 July 2018
  • The removed gear included 157 feet of line and two wire mesh lobster traps.
    — Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Zenyatta stay removed from the fray, sidling along like an outsider amused by all the foolishness.
    — Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times, 31 Dec. 2023
  • The client preferred the nature connection to the fireplace on the removed wall.
    — Jamie Gold, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Still, there’s a sense in which the experience wasn’t that far removed from my daily practice.
    — Robert Wright, WIRED, 12 Aug. 2017
  • Prune them at ground level, dig out the roots, and bag up the removed plant parts for disposal in the garbage collection.
    — Calvin Finch, San Antonio Express-News, 15 Dec. 2017
  • Though a departure, the sound of this track isn’t too removed from such sounds of the era as Poco or the Byrds.
    — Chuck Dauphin, Billboard, 16 Oct. 2017
  • Biden is the candidate where live campaigning seems to be the most removed from his position in the polls.
    — CBS News, 30 July 2020
  • For the upper lip lift, though, the removed tissue is cut straight across the upper lip and tapered at the edge of the nostrils.
    — Taryn Brooke, Allure, 7 July 2023
  • The lawsuit seeks the return of removed books to the school libraries in the district as well as costs and attorney fees.
    — Nicole Chavez, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • And so the idea of Broadway or theater was something that’s so removed from my family.
    — Okla Jones, Essence, 12 Nov. 2023
  • What happens in the Pacific may seem far removed from the Atlantic.
    — Brian K. Sullivan, The Denver Post, 4 June 2019
  • And that, in turn, means good things for Black, whose looks and voice are not that far removed from the legendary Roy Rogers.
    — Chuck Yarborough, cleveland.com, 26 Mar. 2018
  • The best treatment is to cut back the plant at the soil line, bag the removed material, and put it in the trash to avoid spreading the disease.
    — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 3 May 2025
  • But because these were disallowed before there was a new system, they were just all removed … and that’s permanent.
    — Megan Molteni, STAT, 27 Mar. 2026
  • We are terribly far removed from such a thing today, and the Warriors can’t even dream of 24-0.
    — Bruce Jenkins, SFChronicle.com, 6 Dec. 2019
  • Her minimal take feels fresh and offers a version of the look far removed from its print-heavy, Palm Beach trappings.
    — Vogue, 24 June 2019
  • An edited version added her name and removed references to other relatives.
    — Michael Ruiz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Although Buckeye is far removed from those cities, Roderique is confident the city will be on the list of fastest-growing cities for decades to come.
    — Dani Coble, azcentral, 30 May 2018

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