DEPOSE in a Sentence

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12 example sentences for DEPOSE, such as:

1. Both these witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was walking alone.
2. Haiti's first elected president was deposed in a violent military coup.
3. The army attempted to depose the king and set up a military government.
4. Several witnesses deposed concerning Potter's guilty behavior when brought to the scene of the murder.
5. She was immediately deposed, however, by Herbert, who silently led me into the parlor and shut the door.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEPOSE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
depose
 v.  force to leave; remove from office
Classic Sentence:
1  However, if those whom it more concerns think fit to be of another opinion, I am ready to depose, when I shall be lawfully called, that no European did ever visit those countries before me.
Gulliver's Travels 2 By Jonathan Swift
Context  Highlight   In PART 4: CHAPTER XII.
2  Both these witnesses depose that Mr. McCarthy was walking alone.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In IV. THE BOSCOMBE VALLEY MYSTERY
3  She was immediately deposed, however, by Herbert, who silently led me into the parlor and shut the door.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XLVI
4  I informed her that my reason was tottering on its throne, and only she, Miss Mills, could prevent its being deposed.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
5  The evil side of my nature, to which I had now transferred the stamping efficacy, was less robust and less developed than the good which I had just deposed.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER HENRY JEKYLL'S FULL STATEMENT OF THE CASE
6  The servant deposed that she heard him enter the front room on the second floor, generally used as his sitting-room.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In I. THE ADVENTURE OF THE EMPTY HOUSE
7  Several witnesses deposed concerning Potter's guilty behavior when brought to the scene of the murder.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
8  She had risen, and stood before him in a kind of clouded majesty, like some deposed princess moving tranquilly to exile.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: Chapter 3
9  Police Sergeant Croly deposed that when he arrived he found the deceased lying on the platform apparently dead.
Dubliners By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In A PAINFUL CASE
Example Sentence:
1  The army attempted to depose the king and set up a military government.
2  Did this attorney mean to throw away his client's life without an effort? Several witnesses deposed concerning Potter's guilty behavior when brought to the scene of the murder.
3  Haiti's first elected president was deposed in a violent military coup.