banish
Example Sentences
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We should banish it, because I’ve learned the hard way that it’s too abstract.
From Slate • Apr. 20, 2026
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
I note what the girls my age are wearing and the style of their hair and the subject of their conversations, and I work hard to banish my foreignness, to make friends, to fit in.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
Vocabulary lists containing banish
100 Words Every Middle Schooler Should Know
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Essential Academic Vocabulary for Middle School Students, List 6
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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