EVICT in a Sentence

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For EVICT, below is one of 13 sentences:
There was nothing in Packingtown but packing houses; and so it was the same thing as evicting him from his home.

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 Meanings and Examples of EVICT
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
evict
 v.  put out by legal process; expel; eject; oust
Classic Sentence:
1  The first time she had come face to face with Reconstruction was when she learned that Jonas Wilkerson with the aid of the Yankees could evict her from Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
2  Unable to evict the somewhat man-handled Venus from his couch, he beat a retreat and retired, it is said, to his mother's house in Tevershall.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 17
3  He was not fearing the things she feared, not the gnawing of an empty stomach, nor the keenness of the winter wind nor eviction from Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXI
4  But he could not see her family evicted, and his disappointment soon faded at the sight of her radiant happiness, disappeared entirely at the loving way she "took on" over his generosity.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
5  There was nothing in Packingtown but packing houses; and so it was the same thing as evicting him from his home.
The Jungle By Upton Sinclair
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 20
Example Sentence:
1  They will have to forcibly evict from the hospital.
2  Non payment of rent can mean eviction.
3  We received an eviction notice today.
4  The family were evicted from their house for failing to pay the rent.
5  They were evicted from their apartment after their mother became addicted to drugs.
6  They were unable to pay the rent, and were evicted from their home.
7  Tenants who fall behind in their rent risk being evicted.
8  A heavily armed man whose girlfriend was being evicted from her apartment Wednesday killed four people, including the new owner and a court bailiff who were shot execution style.