Noun : The vacant lot was covered with weeds.    From Dictionary.com. 

When demand for books such as "The Lost Symbol" dwindles, many copies are weeded from the collection.    From Wordnik.com.  [Montgomery library system must be choosier] Reference

Some get weeded from the library’s collection and sold in used book sales.    From Wordnik.com.  [Daddy moved out and Mommy is upset (and it is probably your fault) « Awful Library Books] Reference

But during the 1930s, the British soldier's file was "weeded".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Independent - Frontpage RSS Feed] Reference

On one hand, I am glad those individuals are 'weeded' out up front, rather than later.    From Wordnik.com.  [WordPress.com News] Reference

"Generally, a good library should be" weeded '"about once a year to keep it up to date," Kellerman said.    From Wordnik.com.  [Paly Voice] Reference

I weeded and waited, eager for this nightmare to end.    From Wordnik.com.  [Why I Broke One of My 'Cardinal' Rules] Reference

Now, do we have too many, and do they need to be weeded through?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dana Priest interviews Sec. Robert Gates: full transcript] Reference

Flower beds that he had weeded himself, dreaming insane with boredom.    From Wordnik.com.  [Arlene] Reference

The odd makes had been weeded out and the whole lot were now Napiers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fanny Goes to War] Reference

And there all night he weeded, pulling up blue blow-aways by the score.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book of Stories for the Story-teller] Reference

The energetic director weeded out the defective players in short order.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference

Weak men and fools are weeded out with surprising celerity and certainty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ainslee's, Vol. 15, No. 6, July 1905] Reference

The killers, he says, "should be weeded out openly and without hesitation.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Probing Bloodbath] Reference

Hacker and Dreifus have weeded down the field to 15 institutions they like.    From Wordnik.com.  [15 colleges worth the price] Reference

The weeded-out descendants, of the victors of uncountable violent contests.    From Wordnik.com.  [Deathworld] Reference

These poor performers need to be weeded out and this is happening gradually.    From Wordnik.com.  [Devin Stewart: Brewing in Japan: Interview with Bryan Baird of Baird Beer] Reference

The direction of morality is that of a carefully pruned and weeded human nature.    From Wordnik.com.  [Problems of Conduct] Reference

I weeded beneath the the dripping leaves, weighed down by the heavy wetting rain.    From Wordnik.com.  [Here comes the rain (again)] Reference

I saw the Parson weeded four times yesterday with his little ten-foot greenheart.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lines in Pleasant Places Being the Aftermath of an Old Angler] Reference

"And how about getting the carrots weeded, Marty?" she returned, laughing at him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Janice Day at Poketown] Reference

It turns out they're systematically weeded out during physical and mental screenings.    From Wordnik.com.  [LES MISERABLES, INDEED] Reference

But it does not follow that such details are superfluous and may properly be weeded out.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lippincott's Magazine, Vol. 22, November, 1878 of Popular Literature and Science] Reference

It was not till Gideon weeded out his army, once and twice, that he was promised victory.    From Wordnik.com.  [Friendship] Reference

Turbulent spirits had been weeded but, and the royal authority had become better established.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election] Reference

Which qualities did the judges see over and over again in the contestants who weren't weeded out?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joe Bastianich: What It Takes To Cut It In The MasterChef Kitchen] Reference

I will read nothing that is not first weeded by you of every painful thought that might remind me.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heavenly Twins] Reference

Excesses in the market have been weeded out, and listed companies are gaining international exposure.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Boom in the Desert] Reference

Peter had already passed the educational test by which they weeded out the applicants to fill their vacancies.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference

With swift fingers Marcia weeded out the things, and set straight those that were to remain, and then made the tea.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marcia Schuyler] Reference

They had pretty weeded out when they moved from their own home to assisted living, and still there was giveaway to do.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dr. Susan Corso: Getting Rid of Stuff] Reference

Altogether, the first severe examinations weeded out as unfit for the service nearly one-third of those who were drafted.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Family and it's Members] Reference

On our return to Pretoria, our weak horses and sick men being weeded out, we went west nearly as far as Rustenburg, as one.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Yeoman's Letters Third Edition] Reference

Akunyili weeded out incorrigible grafters and began to offer the rest incentives -- foreign training, modern lab equipment, respect.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fighting Fake Drugs] Reference

Discipline on space bases was not a pressing problem: the corps was an elite branch and intransigent candidates were weeded out quick.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Door, Next World] Reference