dispossessed

Example Sentences

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Sure enough, Gordon was dispossessed far too easily by Iliman Ndiaye in the build-up to Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall picking out Barry at the back post.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

With six minutes of regular time remaining, he dispossessed an opponent, surged forward and coolly fired the ball into the net.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

Goldblatt’s pictures from before these events are touristic and from afterward elegiac; particularly moving are his portraits of the dispossessed, showing their bitterness and their dignity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 12, 2025

In the golden age of mobility, the winners were the dispossessed.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2025

Somebody was bound to stay with us, but I didn’t usually get dispossessed.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith