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
Staring at the prospect of letting another seemingly insurmountable lead slip, Arsenal are desperate to banish those demons, having grappled with the tag over the past two decades.
From BBC • Apr. 13, 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
Quickly it was realized that petroleum in volume not only could be used to bind bowels and banish scabby growths but could be refined into lucrative products like paraffin and kerosene.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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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