banished

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

After Anthony’s dog savaged another man’s hog—hogs being precious in New Netherland—the couple was banished in 1639 to Long Island, where the two started a new life on land the Dutch wished to colonize.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

I’m shocked that Season 2’s Kate Chastain is the only person who’s begged to be banished.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

South Korea's disgraced former president Yoon Suk Yeol could be banished to death row on February 19 when he fronts court over his disastrous bid to impose martial law.

From Barron's • Feb. 16, 2026

But as people who shared the experience of being “mocked and feared, blamed and banished, envied and imitated,” often allied, sometimes antagonists, theirs is a special case.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

The more I banished them the faster they came.

From "Nectar in a Sieve" by Kamala Markandaya