Displace is an English word with synonyms like move or expel. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Displace in a sentence
Related words
Displace meaning
- To put out of place; to disarrange.
- To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland.
- To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
Synonyms of Displace
Using Displace
- The main meaning on this page is: To put out of place; to disarrange. | To move something, or someone, especially to forcibly move people from their homeland. | To supplant, or take the place of something or someone; to substitute.
- Useful related words include: move, expel, bump, dislodge.
- In the example corpus, displace often appears in combinations such as: to displace, displace the, and displace.
Context around Displace
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Displace
- In this selection, "displace" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, help, hilda, useful and heat stand out and add context to how "displace" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include as to displace them unless and bands that displace heat away. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "displace" sits close to words such as actionable, adopts and airwaves, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with displace
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
They displace us physically, mentally and financially. (7 words)
He argued Phillips can displace the Spaniard from his strongest side. (11 words)
One problem with periscope cameras is that they can displace useful medium-telephoto cameras. (14 words)
He added: "It's not about trying to displace the problem or they’ll just go to another beach like Rock where the dunes will be wrecked and any mess and broken glass left behind won’t be cleaned up. (40 words)
This is typical Cenk Uygur arrogance for him to think that it is Israel’s right to displace Gaza’s democratically elected government (2006) and that the PA and others are lifeless pieces on a chessboard for him to move. (40 words)
But maybe it was just her realization that the longed-for bike did not have the power to displace all that made her unhappy, and all the things I spend my money on cannot do that for me either. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
A chef, Adeyeye Adeola, has joined the race to displace Hilda Baci and set a new Guinness World Record for the longest cooking marathon (individual).
And a lot of the time when people are living in a prime area, especially working class Jamaicans, they tend to displace them,” said Ms. Dennis-Benn, whose upcoming novel will explore land ownership.
But he does not own the skiddy sharpness of Shami or the bite of Siraj so as to displace them unless India crave for batting depth.
But maybe it was just her realization that the longed-for bike did not have the power to displace all that made her unhappy, and all the things I spend my money on cannot do that for me either.
He added: "It's not about trying to displace the problem or they’ll just go to another beach like Rock where the dunes will be wrecked and any mess and broken glass left behind won’t be cleaned up.
He argued Phillips can displace the Spaniard from his strongest side.
McCarthy, who clinched the speakership after 15 votes in January, was ousted from his position in October after hard-right conservatives lodged an effort to displace him.
One problem with periscope cameras is that they can displace useful medium-telephoto cameras.
That includes the CoolTouch Cover, which is designed with specialized cooling yarn, HeatDelete Bands that displace heat away from your body, and the AirScape perforations that keep the mattress breathable.
The amnesty will spike housing costs for American families, and displace more Americans from construction, trucking, and restaurant careers.
The power and position garnered by badge and bullets—symbols of the Blue—distort a commitment to public service and safety by conflating their professional and personal identities, often allowing the former to overwhelm, even displace the latter.
The systemic violence and poverty that displace thousands of children from Central and South America have a long history.
They displace us physically, mentally and financially.
This is typical Cenk Uygur arrogance for him to think that it is Israel’s right to displace Gaza’s democratically elected government (2006) and that the PA and others are lifeless pieces on a chessboard for him to move.
Ultimately, excessive, relentless public borrowing is the poison that will kill capitalist prosperity and displace limited constitutional government with unchained statist encroachment on the liberties of the people.
And they argue any pause in LNG export approvals would be an affront to European allies that relied on US natural gas to help displace Russian supplies after Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
As a real estate agent pre-fire, I saw unchecked short-term vacation rental growth deepen our housing crisis and displace locals.
As companies introduce AI into the workplace to increase productivity, an uncomfortable paradox is emerging: people are often responsible for training the very systems that might displace them.
Blinded and driven by envy, he claimed I said I would displace Dangote as the richest man on the continent.
Economic transformation was fast enough to displace people as cities expanded and businesses grabbed farmland, but not fast enough to find jobs for them.
Common combinations with displace
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: