To yield possession or occupancy of a place or position.
The landlord's note was firm: he needed us to vacate the apartment by the end of the month. We had to pack up our lives and leave, yielding our home to someone else.
The badger family had to vacate their sett; the encroaching scent of the burrowing machines meant their home would soon be destroyed. They scurried out, leaving the familiar tunnels to the noisy invaders, seeking new ground to call their own.
The old lighthouse keeper finally had to vacate his post. After fifty years of watching the fog roll in, his eyesight was too poor. He packed his worn seabag, the salty air stinging his eyes as he left the tower he called home.
After the squirrel raid, the humans had to vacate the treehouse. They left behind a trail of nibbled acorns and tiny, sticky handprints. The squirrels, quite pleased with their new digs, settled in for a nap, dreaming of more peanut butter.
The squirrel, Reginald, realized his acorn stash was no longer secret. The badger’s sniffing was getting too close. With a dramatic sigh, Reginald decided he must vacate his cozy burrow before his nutty treasure became a badger’s breakfast. He grabbed his tiniest nut and scampered.
After weeks of fighting the eviction notice, Sarah finally had to vacate the apartment. Boxes were stacked by the door, her heart heavy as she turned the key for the last time, yielding possession to the landlord.
The old lighthouse keeper, after fifty years of solitude, received notice that the coast guard would be taking over. He had to vacate his small living quarters by the end of the week, a strange feeling settling as he packed his few belongings.
The tenants were given their notice; they had to vacate the cramped apartment by week's end. Their belongings were scattered, a hurried packing of years of life into boxes, a forced surrender of the only home they’d known.
The tenants were finally told they had to vacate the haunted house by Friday. Apparently, a spectral landlord's spectral eviction notice is legally binding, even if it does occasionally manifest as a disembodied whisper complaining about spectral dust bunnies and the need for the living to vacate promptly.
Bartholomew the badger, having declared his burrow the official world headquarters for competitive snail racing, demanded all earthworms vacate the premises by sunrise. He needed ample room to practice his patented "slimy slide" technique, and frankly, the worms were blocking his view of Mrs. Higgins' prize-winning petunias.
After weeks of legal wrangling, the court finally ordered them to vacate the property. It was a bitter pill to swallow, leaving behind the memories and the life they had built, but the judge's decree left no room for argument; they had to yield possession and leave the house by Friday.
The researchers finally had to vacate their makeshift lab after the funding dried up, leaving behind their unfinished experiments and the faint scent of ozone. They packed their meager belongings, knowing their time in this obscure, forgotten corner of the university archives was over.
The old lighthouse keeper, after forty years of solitary vigilance, received his notice. He had to vacate the tower by month's end, a stark reminder that even his steadfast presence could not halt the inevitable changes. His belongings were packed, a lifetime of memories contained in worn seabags, ready to leave his beloved perch.
Bartholomew "Barty" Buttercup, after a particularly vigorous scone-eating competition, realized he'd accidentally swallowed the entire trophy. The frantic organizers demanded he vacate the premises immediately, lest he become a permanent, albeit sparkly, fixture of the hall.
The esteemed gargoyle, Bartholomew, having finally perfected his opera-singing technique at precisely 3 AM, was politely but firmly asked by the historic cathedral's board of custodians to vacate his perch. Apparently, even the most melodious of stone creatures must yield possession of their preferred roosts when dawn approaches.
The sheriff's impassive declaration left no room for recourse. He sternly ordered them to vacate the premises, their eviction from the ancestral land a bitter pill. The family, crestfallen, gathered their meager belongings, their hearts heavy as they yielded possession of their home.
The grizzled prospector, his canteen nearly depleted, knew his claim was lost. He had to vacate the rough-hewn shack, leaving the rusted pickaxe and meager provisions behind.
The tremor in her hands betrayed her resolve as the inspector granted them a mere seventy-two hours to vacate the decrepit lighthouse. Years of solitary vigil, safeguarding the treacherous shoals, now concluded with an abrupt eviction.
The tyrannical landlord, a veritable colossus of avarice, finally decreed we must vacate our precarious dwelling. Apparently, his insatiable cupidity for exorbitant rents superseded our humble occupancy. We'll oblige, of course, albeit with a lamentable exegesis on his ostentatious avarice.
After a particularly protracted spat over the last artisanal pickle, Bartholomew, a pugilistic badger of considerable girth, finally decided to *vacate* his subterranean domicile. His irascible neighbor, a perpetually irate stoat named Bartholomew, then gleefully commenced the annexation of the prize-winning petunias Bartholomew the First had so painstakingly cultivated.
Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.