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'elect' in a sentence

Learn how to use 'elect' with 20 example sentences.


elect adjective

: selected as the best

: elected but not yet installed in office

elect verb

: select by a vote for an office or membership

: choose

elect noun

: 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.
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