'elect' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'elect' with 20 example sentences.
- elect adjective
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: selected as the best
: elected but not yet installed in office
- elect verb
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: select by a vote for an office or membership
: choose
- elect noun
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: an exclusive group of people
In 1860, Lincoln was elected President of the United States.
Donald Trump is elected president of the United States.
Mohamed Morsi, the first democratically elected president of Egypt, died in court.
He was elected president with the overwhelming majority of votes.
The cardinals have elected a new pope.
He was elected captain of the team.
They have elected a new government.
He was elected mayor again.
This scandal will likely ruin your chances of being elected.
He was elected to the Senate in the last election.
I knew you wouldn't be elected.
Dwight Eisenhower was elected president in 1952.
You elect your representative by voting.
We have elected him chairman of the meeting.
Politicians do whatever it takes to get themselves elected.
She was elected earlier this year.
He was elected a member of parliament.
The monks elected a new abbot.
"God! Who elects these people?" "God, who elects these people."
He was elected governor of Texas in 1994.