How to Use remove in a Sentence

remove

1 of 2 verb
Definition of removenext
Synonyms for removenext
  • Remove the trash from the front yard.
  • What's a good way to remove stains from a silk dress?
  • He was removed from office.
  • Trees help to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere.
  • The new law would remove obstacles to obtaining a work permit.
  • My tonsils were removed when I was five years old.
  • These new findings should remove any doubt about his innocence.
  • The old bridge is set to be completely removed by 2024, the two DOTs said.
    — Francisco Guzman, USA TODAY, 18 June 2023
  • Yet remove the rain, the sunlight or the angle of view, and the rainbow goes away.
    — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024
  • But removing shoes, for most of us, most of the time, is an easy and hygienic thing to do.
    — Liz Krieger, Good Housekeeping, 6 June 2023
  • But, not enough to remove the risks ticks present to humans who like to spend time outdoors.
    — Paul Richards, Field & Stream, 9 Nov. 2023
  • The 37-year-old left the Octagon on Saturday with his gloves removed.
    — Trent Reinsmith, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • Urías jerseys and merchandise were removed from the top-of-park team store.
    — Mike Digiovanna, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Once cooked, remove them from the oven and transfer the collars and that luscious sauce to a plate, then top with chives, lime juice and sesame seeds.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Mar. 2024
  • If desired, rinse seeds, removing all of the stringy squash membrane, and pat dry.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 22 Sep. 2023
  • The valuable cargo was removed from the plane and transferred to a different part of the airport.
    — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 18 Apr. 2024
  • For paint to stick to a surface where previous paint is peeling, all of the loose paint needs to be removed.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Hunter was removed from the pulpit in 2012 as the church took steps to re-embrace Murray’s vision.
    — Gayle Pollard-Terry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Apr. 2024
  • The first cleanser should be gentle, hydrating, and is used to remove makeup, oil, and dirt.
    — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 5 Aug. 2023
  • Safety-proof the room by removing bookshelves or things to climb up or pull down, as well as cords.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 16 Oct. 2023
  • For the World Cup, the Chiefs will remove some rows of seats from the stadium’s north side to accommodate the size of a soccer pitch.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 6 Feb. 2024
  • Then, in November, one of the owners agreed to let the shelter employees remove the dogs from the house.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Wisner also said two students were removed from the crowd.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 11 Sep. 2023
  • Most of the time, they’re set so only around half of the lithium in the lithium cobalt oxide layer is removed during one full charge.
    — WIRED, 27 Oct. 2023
  • The man removes a bicycle from a rack on the front of the bus and places it on the ground before the driver pulls forward and the man falls, disappearing from view.
    — Eric D. Lawrence, Detroit Free Press, 15 June 2023
  • Once the bone is removed, the remaining meat should weigh four to five pounds — the perfect size to center your holiday feast around.
    — Lucinda Scala Quinn, Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Airbnb has since promised to remove listings in Quebec that have not registered with the province.
    — Amanda Hoover, WIRED, 12 July 2023
  • The babies left the hospital with feeding tubes on Tuesday, but their parents hope those will be removed in the next few weeks.
    — Kyle Melnick, Washington Post, 12 July 2023
  • Footprint Center reserves the right to remove any banner or sign.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 12 Mar. 2024
  • Soft or ripe tomatoes: Wash tomatoes and remove the core if desired.
    — Maryal Miller Carter, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
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remove

2 of 2 noun
  • She thrives when she's at some remove from mainstream society.
  • The wind whips my face as a pronghorn bounds across the path, then turns to watch me from a safe remove.
    — Julia Rosen, The Atlantic, 25 July 2022
  • But compared with the virus, the risks are also at more of a remove.
    — Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Brooks the Elder shows up -- at a safe remove -- to bring the message home.
    — oregonlive, 17 Mar. 2020
  • When ready to bake remove foil and proceed with step 4.
    — Kim Sunée, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The queen sat alone and at a remove from the other attendees.
    — NBC News, 17 Apr. 2021
  • The more crops you plant, burn, and sequester, the more carbon dioxide your remove from the air.
    — Umair Irfan, Vox, 24 Oct. 2018
  • The trek is worthwhile — and not merely for the sense of remove from the everyday world.
    — Sara Clemence, Travel + Leisure, 8 July 2020
  • This was not medicine to be practiced at a bloodless remove.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 25 Oct. 2022
  • The hours between are spent at an odd and serene remove from a city not a ten-minute ride away by water.
    — Charlie Hobbs, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Sep. 2023
  • One’s patience with the remove from the action wears thin all too quickly.
    — Washington Post, 29 Oct. 2020
  • All this is not to suggest that Frankel worked at some remove or saw the aid as a mere transaction.
    — Mattie Kahn, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2018
  • There was, though, one wrenching moment that smashed through my sense of remove.
    — Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 16 Mar. 2023
  • For as much as the series filters its point of view through the eyes of the girls, there’s another level of remove.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 18 Nov. 2018
  • Words and sentences track her like ghosts, at a remove from her body, but near enough to be within ear- and eyeshot.
    — Han Kang, The New Yorker, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Coverage of the new war in Israel does not allow for such a remove.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 11 Oct. 2023
  • Place chicken breasts on a work surface and remove, then discard skin and bones.
    — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 20 June 2023
  • As Yusuke, Nishijima stands at a slight remove from the play-within-the-movie, since Yusuke hasn’t cast himself.
    — New York Times, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Physics provided a way to understand the world at a remove.
    — Alex Traub, New York Times, 20 June 2021
  • The answer is yes, but at such a remove that you can be forgiven for asking.
    — Andrew A. Smith Tribune News Service, Star Tribune, 26 Oct. 2020
  • But Wright, in her first year, could offer guidance only at a remove.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 19 June 2023
  • Every version of the story recounts it at a slight remove.
    — Ruth Margalit, The New York Review of Books, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Your protagonists tend to have intense inner lives as well, along with a bit of remove from the norm.
    — Elizabeth Nicholas, Vogue, 15 June 2022
  • Something electronic but at a remove, as if coming through the wall.
    — Variety, 2 Mar. 2023
  • During the season remove spent (no longer bearing) stalks.
    — oregonlive, 9 Oct. 2022
  • In this imperfect world, we were forced to enjoy the glut of new product reveals from the safe remove of our home offices.
    — Annie White, Car and Driver, 21 Nov. 2020
  • Key developments — a first kiss, a painful breakup — are filmed at a discreet remove.
    — Jon Frosch, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Sep. 2022
  • The pulsating jets of air remove heat from the heat spreader at the bottom of the AirJet with high efficiency.
    — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 29 Nov. 2023
  • For Walker, the best strategy at the moment -- and likely for the entirety of the campaign -- is to be at a remove from voters.
    — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 7 Sep. 2021
  • Director Tarik Saleh shoots the whole scene at a bit of remove, the fire reflected in both characters’ eyes.
    — Todd Vanderwerff, Vox, 28 May 2018

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