Dislodge Sentence Examples

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  • She jerked at her arms, unable to dislodge them from his grip.

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  • She couldn't dislodge the image of Jule from her mind.

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  • After a full minute of tugging and grunting she managed to dislodge the ax from the wood.

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  • January Soult failed to dislodge the British, and Moore was 1809.

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  • Unable to dislodge the Illinois, the Pottawattomies cut off their escape and let them die of starvation.

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  • Lana struggled hard without being able to dislodge the muscular man.

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  • Tobacco dust will dislodge most of the numerous kinds of slugs, caterpillars or worms that make their appearance on the young shoots of vines or trees.

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  • Their notions stick fast because there are no competing notions to dislodge them.

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  • On the 13th of May and on the 10th of June he successfully withstood the attacks of Tripolitan forces sent to dislodge him.

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  • Moreover, the allies realized at last that it was impossible to dislodge Philip from Spain, and all the peoples were groaning under the expenses and the sufferings of the war.

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  • The Heimlich maneuver is not performed on infants under one year of age; rather, a series of back blows and chest thrusts are used to attempt to dislodge the foreign object.

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  • It got hung up on a stump and she had to yank from another direction to dislodge it.

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  • A struggle, described by Wellington as "bludgeon work," now ensued, but all efforts to dislodge the Allies having failed, Soult, withdrawing, manoeuvred to his right towards San Sebastian.

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  • Before the onset of those fierce invaders the precarious suzerainty of the khakan broke up. By calling in the Uzes, the Khazars did indeed dislodge the Petchenegs from the position they had seized in the heart of the kingdom between the Volga and the Don, but only to drive them inwards to the Dnieper.

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  • Having also succeeded in detaching part of the Shammar under Shlosh, he told the `Anaza he no longer needed their help. In the futile attempt of the three parties to dislodge the `Anaza Shlosh lost his life; but with the help of the Zubeid the other two succeeded, and Sufug was now supreme "King of the Steppe," levying blackmail as he pleased.

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  • Demosthenes was left behind in this fort, and the Spartans promptly withdrew from their annual raid upon Attica and their projected attack on Corcyra to dislodge him.

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  • Karim took refuge behind the walls of Shiraz, and all the efforts of the enemy to dislodge him were ineffectual.

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  • They are usually used to help freshen breath, but they also help to dislodge any food debris.

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  • Magnets can become loose, dislodge, and become stuck in your baby's throat.

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  • I tried to gently dislodge the crusting to see what is at the source.

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  • Do this before the plant grows in the spring so the clematis can latch onto and grow over the new support; you won't have to dislodge it or disrupt it at all.

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  • This will help remove odors, dislodge dirt particles, and discourage dust mites.

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  • The dentist may flush the sore area with warm water to dislodge any food particles and to test for sensitivity to heat.

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  • In order to render an opinion, Libra will weigh the evidence and, if necessary, dislodge all emotion in order to reach the correct conclusion.

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  • In theory the game of bowls is very simple, the aim of the player being to roll his bowl so as to cause it to rest nearer to the jack than his opponent's, or to protect a well-placed bowl, or to dislodge a better bowl than his own.

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  • An attempt made by his uncles to dislodge him proved unsuccessful, and no sooner was the young sovereign firmly settled than he began to meditate an extension of his own dominions.

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  • In 1831 `Ali, a newly appointed Turkish governor of Bagdad, induced Sufug the chief of the Jerba, the more important division of the Shammar, to help him to dislodge his predecessor, Mild, who would not vacate his position, but then refused them the promised payment.

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  • For the first time in his sporting life Arthur could not dislodge his competitor for the first team spot.

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  • This blow is often sufficient to dislodge the limpet, failing this the shell is gripped in the bill and prised off.

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  • Pietist mood prevails despite attempts in the second half of the 20th century to dislodge it.

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  • Once established in the collective subconscious of policy makers, however, these ideas can be amazingly hard to dislodge.

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  • The increased kinetic motion of some receiving molecules should become vigorous enough to dislodge electrons.

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  • Often, in freezing weather, the sodden roots can actually dislodge tiles.

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  • Nor has the continent, as a whole, in recent times been subjected to any violent earth tremors; though in 1873, to the north of Lake Amadeus, in central Australia, Ernest Giles records the occurrence of earthquake shocks violent enough to dislodge considerable rock masses.

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  • Not a few Christian martyrs sought and won the palm by smashing the idols in order to dislodge the indwelling devil; occasionally their zeal was further gratified by beholding it pass away like smoke from its ruined home.

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  • The child should also be careful when moving about so as not to dislodge the IV catheter, especially at night.

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  • Thrombosis-The formation of a blood clot in a vein or artery that may obstruct local blood flow or may dislodge, travel downstream, and obstruct blood flow at a remote location.

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  • Air is forced out of the lungs to dislodge the obstruction in the trachea and bring the foreign object back up into the mouth.

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  • If a child has an impacted bowel, the doctor can insert a gloved finger into the rectum and gently dislodge the hardened feces.

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  • If you have trouble trying to dislodge it, then you are probably dealing with lice eggs.

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  • This will cause the goldfish to rub up against the tank or objects inside the tank in an effort to dislodge the parasite.

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  • Your favorite ornaments should be displayed where pets and children cannot bump into them and winds cannot dislodge them.

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  • Failing to dislodge them, and surrounded by hostile troops and an infuriated peasantry, Dupont capitulated with over Battle of 20,000 men.

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  • Massena failed to dislodge the Allies, and on the 8th of May withdrew to Salamanca, Almeida falling to Wellington on the r ith of May 181 r.

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  • Already, on the 5th of February, General Gordon had landed and entrenched himself on the hill of Munychia, near the ancient Piraeus, and the efforts of the Turks to dislodge him had failed, mainly owing to the fire of the steamer "Karteria" commanded by Captain Hastings.

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  • In the course of the next six months there was much desultory skirmishing between the tribes and the British troops, who defeated various attempts to dislodge them from the positions that had been taken up; but the sphere of British military operations was not materially extended.

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  • Deer flies love to get in your hair or on your back where you ca n't dislodge them.

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  • Women have found that even scuba diving can dislodge a suit.

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  • In the first the smaller disk was placed on the top of the rod, and the object of the player was to dislodge it with a cast of the wine, so that it would fall with a clatter on the larger disk below.

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