banish

Example Sentences

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He observes that labeling certain feelings as negative justifies attempts to banish them, but he counsels doing the opposite.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

Moments later Cronin was grabbing the kid’s shirt and leading him to the baseline, where he ordered an assistant coach to remove him from the court area and banish him to the locker room.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 18, 2026

Set in the Scottish Highlands, the contestants complete a number of challenges to win money for the prize pot and must try to root out and banish the traitors at a roundtable discussion each night.

From BBC • Jan. 30, 2026

When it comes time for the players to banish someone else, Rausch finds he can’t stick with his fellow Traitors’ agreed-upon strategy to push out Funches.

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

The West Computers watched their colleague remove the sign and banish it to the recesses of her purse, her small act of defiance inspiring both anxiety and a sense of empowerment.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly