banishment

Example Sentences

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Let’s say you were ordered deported and you now faced banishment from your country.

From Slate • Feb. 17, 2026

"I said, I need it for social media," she told Traitors Uncloaked on Friday after her dramatic banishment.

From BBC • Jan. 10, 2026

Part hobo, part insult comic, part performance artist, Diogenes flaunted his disregard for convention in ways that scandalized the bourgeoisie of Athens and, later, Corinth, after his banishment from Sinope became permanent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 17, 2025

He eventually brokered a settlement, allowing Rose to voluntarily accept banishment for life in return for no further punishment.

From Salon • Jun. 13, 2025

He didn’t know all the ins and outs of banishment, but he did remember Luxa saying that no one survived living in the Underland alone for long.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins