sent away

Example Sentences

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Pincus was sent away to get his act together.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 7, 2025

She wouldn’t have married the guy who was sent away all those years ago.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025

Ann, who went on to work as a nurse and a midwife, was sent away to London to give birth.

From BBC • Jul. 12, 2025

"There was a bigger sense of guilt, because I was being sent away," Sarah added.

From BBC • Jun. 13, 2025

She knew that she was pregnant—knew it, as the old folks said, in her bones; and if Richard should be sent away, what, under Heaven, could she do?

From "Go Tell It on the Mountain" by James Baldwin