How to Use evict in a Sentence

evict

verb
  • His landlord has threatened to evict him if he doesn't pay the rent soon.
  • They were evicted from their apartment.
  • Hence, the lender was able to evict you and sell the home.
    — Ilyce Glink and Samuel J. Tamkin, Chicago Tribune, 1 June 2023
  • Since then, the home has tried to evict him three times.
    — Amy Julia Harris, BostonGlobe.com, 22 June 2020
  • There are no plans to evict any of the tenants, Mills said.
    — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2024
  • Smith has twice filed in court this year to evict the woman, to no avail.
    — John Simerman, NOLA.com, 19 Sep. 2020
  • The city of San Diego moved to evict most tenants from structures in 1987.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Mar. 2024
  • The father-in-law does not own the property and did not have the right to evict.
    — cleveland, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Xavier doesn't use the veto, giving Big D the sole vote to evict.
    — Kyle Fowle, EW.com, 24 Sep. 2021
  • Doing so, Gross said, could lead the landlord to seek to evict you.
    — Karen Garcia, Los Angeles Times, 6 Feb. 2024
  • While Buck was in jail, his landlord filed to evict him.
    — Jesse Barron, New York Times, 16 Sep. 2020
  • This is your house, and the decision whether to evict him should be yours.
    — Abigail Van Buren, oregonlive, 23 June 2021
  • That same year, one in 50 renters was evicted from their homes.
    — Sabrina Eaton, cleveland, 12 Dec. 2019
  • Each brought along door knockers who tried to evict her.
    — Dallas News, 28 July 2022
  • Even this concession roused the ire of the landlord class, which is poised and ready to evict.
    — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 9 Nov. 2020
  • If the payment is not made, state law says a landlord can evict you.
    — Phillip Molnar, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 July 2021
  • In exchange, landlords had to agree not to evict tenants for the next three months.
    — From Usa Today Network and Wire Reports, USA TODAY, 9 Sep. 2020
  • Think of a household in a tough stretch that can’t cover next month’s rent and is evicted.
    — Patricia Cohen, New York Times, 18 Sep. 2023
  • When the theater refused to budge, the mayor threatened to evict them.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Metro Phoenix landlords moved to evict hundreds more renters in April than March.
    — Catherine Reagor, The Arizona Republic, 3 May 2023
  • The primary tenant cannot evict you or force you out of your home.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 15 Oct. 2022
  • If a judgment sides with the landlord, the tenant can be evicted.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 25 May 2023
  • The violence erupted as Cain was in the process of evicting Hanel.
    — Fox News, 26 Jan. 2020
  • Parks tried to evict all the liveaboards in 1980, after a transient boat docked there caught fire.
    — Kim Velsey, Curbed, 2 July 2021
  • If a judgment sides with the landlord, the tenant can be evicted.
    — Nushrat Rahman, Detroit Free Press, 30 July 2024
  • The team turned out to have been evicted from a hotel for nonpayment.
    — Ben McGrath, The New Yorker, 23 Aug. 2023
  • But there is always the risk that the ground owner will try to use the rent reset as a lever to evict the leaseholder.
    — Paula Aceves, Curbed, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Gomberg fears that migrants who are evicted from city shelters will end up on the streets.
    — Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The officer told Dean that, under North Carolina law, the woman was a resident at the hotel and would need to be evicted to be forced to leave.
    — Jeff A. Chamer, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2025
  • When they were evicted through a court order, eviction records typically did not cite crime-free housing as the basis for the case.
    — Sidnee King Pineda, New York Times, 13 May 2025

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