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

“The Traitors’ plan is to banish Ron, but I don’t have that in me .

From Salon • Jan. 28, 2026

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese promised a sweeping crackdown to banish the "evil of antisemitism from our society".

From Barron's • Dec. 18, 2025

From darkness and from death Love was born, and with its birth, order and beauty began to banish blind confusion.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton