banished

Example Sentences

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Now she has been banished along with fruit and vegetable sellers to a vacant lot with lower foot traffic, her turnover roughly halving as a result.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 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

In the space of 100 seconds on the slopes of Cortina, the greatest skier of all time had banished eight years of Olympic misery, nightmares, and self-doubt to become a champion again.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 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

Both children were banished to their rooms for the rest of the day.

From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan