unseat
verb (used with object)
to dislodge from a seat, especially to throw from a saddle, as a rider; unhorse.
unseats
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present tense formof unseat (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Cameron tried to neutralize that advantage of incumbency as he outlined his own policy priorities for Kentucky’s economy if he unseats Beshear in the November election.
From Washington Times ● Aug. 30, 2023
It’s unlikely that Nelson unseats Miller Moss as the Trojans’ No. 2 quarterback.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2023
Telling these stories unseats narratives that we can’t reach our full potential without leaving this place, or worst of all, that we don’t exist at all.
From Salon ● Jun. 23, 2018
“She unseats the ghost and restores to us the woman.”
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2017
He now began leaping sideways, a form of bucking that often unseats a rider, but Snake was proof against this.
From The Boy Ranchers at Spur Creek or Fighting the Sheep Herders by Howard L. (Howard Livingston) Hastings
