How to Use crowd out in a Sentence

crowd out

verb
  • To have a big crowd out there supporting me will be so much fun.
    — Bob Buttitta, Daily News, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Larger root crops can crowd out the roots of fruit trees, as well as disturb the soil.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 4 May 2026
  • But chasing a number can crowd out everything else on your plate.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Sacbee.com, 22 May 2026
  • Each year, native trees and plants were crowded out by invasive species.
    — Michael Wells, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
  • Such weeds crowd out turfgrasses and lead to patchy, unhealthy lawns.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
  • Lilac shrubs also spread through suckers — new stems that sprout from the root system and can crowd out other plants.
    — Beth Botts, Chicago Tribune, 2 May 2026
  • In cities where tourist rentals start to crowd out residents, regulators step in.
    — Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Eventually, those foods will start to crowd out the less nutritious foods from your diet.
    — Anahad O’Connor, Washington Post, 25 June 2026
  • Clover is a vigorous plant that crowds out weeds, thereby reducing the need for weed control.
    — David Beaulieu, The Spruce, 6 June 2026
  • Below are some popular fast-growing plants that can crowd out everything else, but don't have to.
    — Gemma Johnstone, The Spruce, 12 Apr. 2026
  • The honest product gets crowded out, and in time nobody pays a premium for the label at all.
    — Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
  • From a time-savings perspective, ground covers help crowd out weeds, which equates to less time weeding and spreading mulch.
    — Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Worse, the emphasis on testing may crowd out other core learning milestones.
    — Abby McCloskey, Twin Cities, 12 Apr. 2026
  • Although many were abandoned, the palms continued to spread, crowding out native trees.
    — NPR, 3 Aug. 2026
  • His original screenplay was a two-hour film in which the games crowded out nearly everything else.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Turning too early—or too easily—to an AI may crowd out offbeat ideas.
    — Nate Anderson, ArsTechnica, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Heavy rain can supercharge invasive grasses, crowding out the blooms.
    — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 Mar. 2026
  • While some people still use garlic mustard in salads, soups, and pesto, the plant can quickly overwhelm forests and crowd out native species.
    — Breana Pitts, CBS News, 11 June 2026
  • When every request has equal access, the most immediate work can crowd out the most important work.
    — Kenzie Biggins, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • The problem is that our heavy early rains also brought out more non-native plants, aka weeds, than usual and these could crowd out a lot of our natives.
    — Joshua Siskin, Oc Register, 28 Feb. 2026
  • Creeping Jenny grows a dense mat that crowds out weeds and produces small yellow flowers in the summertime.
    — Madeline Buiano, Martha Stewart, 18 Apr. 2026
  • As a result, pensions are crowding out spending on essential services.
    — Stuart Loren, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
  • That helps break the loop of worried thinking, Kaimal says, crowding out anxious thoughts in a way that zoning out in front of a screen often can’t.
    — Angela Haupt, Time, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Like cucumber plants, squash will crowd out low strawberry plants, giving them too much shade and competing for nutrients and space.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 30 July 2026
  • Many native trees in the park’s forest have been crowded out by invasive plants, killed by disease or eaten by deer, rabbits and squirrels.
    — ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • David hung back, letting Cody be the one to approach the woman sitting at the front desk, crowded out by a floral arrangement.
    — Emma Cline, New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2026
  • Extrinsic rewards, such as grades, do so because extrinsic desires tend to crowd out intrinsic ones.
    — David Brooks, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026
  • These questions crowd out economic reasoning and replace it with court politics.
    — Steve H. Hanke, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • But a $40/hr wage means adults crowding out teens and nary a school-age summer server slinging soda at SoFi.
    — Ryan Craig, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026
  • Crucially, the premium push isn't crowding out lower-income spenders.
    — Josh Brown,sean Russo, CNBC, 2 July 2026

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