vacate

How to use vacate in a sentence

At the latter date all artists were obliged to vacate the Sorbonne ateliers to make room for some new department of instruction.

The Duke, however, was of opinion that Mr. Grey should not vacate his seat till the day of his going was at any rate fixed.

The home which they vacate by chance they may re-enter and even re-occupy, but never the home which they are forced to leave.

It was decided to vacate the house in Tedworth Square and go to Switzerland for the summer.

It is not the dead who vacate the premises in favour of the living, but the latter accommodate themselves to the dead.

The Board knew that the Principal would not vacate the building in which they wished to begin instruction until his bill was paid.

He would, in such case, be bound in honour to vacate his seat and give back Loughton to his offended patron.

PHINEAS FINNANTHONY TROLLOPE

The house was small and he knew somebody must vacate comfortable quarters if he slept elsewhere.

By a further order the Governor proper was directed to vacate his harem apartments for her accommodation.

The objection his father recognized the times he requested him to vacate the throne was that he was a student.

SYNONYM OF THE DAY

OCTOBER 26, 1985