DISLODGE in a Sentence

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For DISLODGE, below is one of 17 sentences:
The little dog retreated under the sofa on my approaching him, and was with great difficulty dislodged by the fire-irons.

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 Meanings and Examples of DISLODGE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dislodge
 v.  remove or force out from a position or dwelling previously occupied
Classic Sentence:
1  The Yankees couldn't dislodge Old Joe's men and they could hardly flank them now for the batteries on the mountain tops commanded all the roads for miles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
2  Accordingly a party of adventurers, better suited to the task than the weak though spirited boy, was ordered to dislodge the skulkers.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 31
3  At the same moment the cuff of one of his sleeves happened to dislodge another chessman from its position.
Dead Souls By Nikolai Gogol
Context  Highlight   In PART 1: CHAPTER IV
4  "All the points of our position are in the enemy's hands and we cannot dislodge them for lack of troops, the men are running away and it is impossible to stop them," he reported.
War and Peace 4 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 10: CHAPTER XXXV
5  But there was only one circumstance which could dislodge him, and that was the advent of a greater man.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 7 Queen of Night
6  The French, who were masters of the chapel for a moment, and were then dislodged, set fire to it.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER II—HOUGOMONT
7  Baring had been dislodged, Alten put to the sword.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VI—FOUR O'CLOCK IN THE AFTERNOON
8  A few moments later, the soldiers dislodged the last remaining insurgents, who had taken refuge at the top of the house.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXIII—ORESTES FASTING AND PYLADES DRUNK
9  Charles Hamilton, emboldened by her notice, was firmly planted on her right, refusing to be dislodged by the combined efforts of the Tarleton twins.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
10  Like dislodged trucks, the heads of the harpooneers aloft shook on their bull-like necks.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 135. The Chase.—Third Day.
11  The little dog retreated under the sofa on my approaching him, and was with great difficulty dislodged by the fire-irons.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 38. A DISSOLUTION OF PARTNERSHIP
12  Cranly dislodged a figseed from his teeth on the point of his rude toothpick and gazed at it intently.
A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man By James Joyce
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5
13  The iron bars were a relic of the old regime, and no one had ever thought of dislodging them.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XX
14  So it was he who in turn mounted the ladder, unhooking pictures and curtains, and dislodging ornaments as Edna directed.
The Awakening By Kate Chopin
Context  Highlight   In XXIX
Example Sentence:
1  The prime minister also called for troops to dislodge Mr. president as the country's humanitarian crisis worsens.
2  They needed a bulldozer to dislodge the rock.
3  And 60 percent of the time, the technique was successful in dislodging beads, beans, and other small items.