How to Use dethrone in a Sentence

dethrone

verb
Definition of dethronenext
Synonyms for dethronenext
  • 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
  • Will Serra be dethroned, in both its league and the Bay Area?
    — Christian Babcock, The Mercury News, 8 Aug. 2024
  • But the one that topped the list and dethroned an 11-year champion?
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 9 July 2024
  • 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
  • Wegmans dethroned Trader Joe’s in 2016, and has earned the top spot on the survey for the past three years.
    — Madison Roberts, PEOPLE.com, 15 June 2018
  • But will that be enough to dethrone what looks like an Eagles team built to win for years to come.
    — Clarence E. Hill Jr., star-telegram, 25 Jan. 2018
  • In the same six-game run, Kansas is 3-3, and if the Red Raiders dethrone the Jayhawks this is could be the pivotal stretch.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, kansascity, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Rick must lead the rest of the people to dethrone TrumpNegan.
    — Michael Harriot, The Root, 22 Oct. 2017
  • 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
  • Whether any of the new players will dethrone Nielsen is unclear.
    — Emily Steel, New York Times, 2 Feb. 2016
  • And the status quo will fight to keep their power up until the very last one has been dethroned.
    — Charles P. Pierce, Esquire, 22 Aug. 2017
  • Not even the Houston Rockets, who were built to beat the Warriors, could dethrone them.
    — Justin Sayers, The Courier-Journal, 2 July 2018
  • Art the Clown has dethroned Arthur Fleck as the box office’s favorite killer clown whose first name is Arthur.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2024
  • Since Jacob, Noah took the top spot for just four short years before it was dethroned.
    — Marisa Lascala, Good Housekeeping, 3 Oct. 2019
  • 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
  • That’s because the Falcons have as good a chance as any to dethrone New England.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 7 Aug. 2017
  • In fact, over-the-top platforms are on track to dethrone television in the country.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz India, 20 Jan. 2020
  • The Rowdies were fourth, but were eight-matches winless, which saw the team dethroned from first place.
    — Charlie Hatch, Cincinnati.com, 16 Oct. 2017
  • The Amazon founder dethroned Elon Musk, who trails behind at $198 billion, for the top spot.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 5 Mar. 2024
  • The bucket hat has dethroned the fedora as the chapeau du jour.
    — Max Berlinger, The Seattle Times, 16 Aug. 2018
  • 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
  • There are plenty of teams with their eyes on dethroning them.
    — Dan Labbe, cleveland.com, 5 Sep. 2019
  • Those teams are looking to dethrone Overseas Elite, who has won the tournament in each of the last two years.
    — Scooby Axson, SI.com, 20 June 2017
  • Bayer Leverkusen dethroned Germany’s perennial champions Bayern Munich that had won the league 11 years in a row.
    — Paolo Confino, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2024

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