DEPOSE in a Sentence

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For DEPOSE, below is one of 12 sentences:
She had risen, and stood before him in a kind of clouded majesty, like some deposed princess moving tranquilly to exile.

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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.