eject
verb (used with object)
to drive or force out; expel, as from a place or position.
had ejected
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past perfectof eject.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Reading from a sheet of paper, a female anchor announced that a U.S. aircrew had ejected from a plane in southwestern Iran.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 5, 2026
Vanover, who had ejected Yankees manager Aaron Boone in the first inning following a controversial play, was flattened by the throw and his hat flew from his head as he tumbled to the turf.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 12, 2023
The pilot of the downed Russian plane had ejected.
From New York Times ● May 30, 2022
That eruption didn’t end until January 2008, by which time the volcano had ejected 124 million cubic yards of lava, forming a new dome inside the crater.
From Seattle Times ● May 18, 2022
Weep—because nature had ejected me from that petty little world, with its ridiculous and conceited wrongness?
From The Matador of the Five Towns and Other Stories by Arnold Bennett
