How to Use eject in a Sentence

eject

verb
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Synonyms for ejectnext
  • The pilot ejected when his plane caught fire.
  • The machine automatically ejected the CD.
  • The rider struck the front, right side of the car and was ejected.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Dec. 2023
  • Craig was ejected in the crash and died at the scene, police said.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 17 Feb. 2024
  • She was ejected from the vehicle and died at the scene.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The pilot of the jet was able to eject safely and was recovered at about 9:30 a.m.
    — Liz Friden, Fox News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Lucas was ejected from the car, which came to a rest in the median.
    — Daniel McFadin, arkansasonline.com, 23 Mar. 2024
  • He was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 5 July 2023
  • He was ejected from the Party during the Johnson purge of 2019.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The Ford driver, who wasn’t wearing a seat belt, was ejected from the car and pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Andrea Klick, Kansas City Star, 1 Feb. 2024
  • Green was ejected from the game, marking his third ejection of the season.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Brooks was ejected, but the NBA did not hand down a suspension.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2023
  • Referees flagged Blackburn for the hit, but he was not ejected from the game.
    — Chantz Martin, Fox News, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The lawsuit alleges Grier was ejected from the back seat.
    — Grace Hauck, USA TODAY, 24 May 2023
  • The high-class avian excrement hit the fan and the Swans ejected him from their social circles.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2024
  • Troopers said the boat left the water and crashed into the home, ejecting all eight people on board.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
  • That’s when Francona emerged from the dugout to argue and was quickly ejected.
    — Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 30 July 2023
  • This is the first time in 113 years that the House voted on whether to eject the speaker—and the first time in U.S. history that the House speaker has lost the vote.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 5 Oct. 2023
  • His passenger was ejected during the rollover, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
    — City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Mar. 2024
  • Once the weapon is fired, the belt moves through the machine gun, ejects the spent cartridge case, and a new cartridge is loaded into the weapon’s breech.
    — Matthew Moss, Popular Mechanics, 11 July 2023
  • But questions remain about the search timeline and what exactly went wrong in the jet that forced the pilot to eject.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2023
  • Harden was ejected due to a Flagrant 2 foul, and even then, the Nets couldn’t find their way to victory.
    — Michael Arinze, Chicago Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The front seat passenger was then ejected from the car, which stopped in an embankment.
    — Kate Marijolovic, The Courier-Journal, 9 July 2023
  • Ground controllers were able to power it up Wednesday morning and eject it to about 13 feet from the lander.
    — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • He was ejected after hitting James in the groin area during Game 3.
    — oregonlive, 1 July 2023
  • Nevin came out of the dugout yelling before he was ejected by home plate umpire Lance Barksdale.
    — Sarah Valenzuela, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2023
  • In this case, if the spaceship fires a rocket engine to slow down, then the exhaust gas ejected from the thrusters will increase in speed.
    — Rhett Allain, WIRED, 7 July 2023
  • Astrophysicists think the matter ejected by the wiggling jets slows the disk's spin, which allows the star to grow.
    — Lori Youmshajekian, Scientific American, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Two soldiers, including the one who died, were ejected in the collision, the Army said.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 31 May 2023
  • Baker fled into the woods, but the man riding with him was ejected from the vehicle and pronounced dead at the scene.
    — Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 18 Aug. 2023

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