exile
Example Sentences
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Which feels, in retrospect, like a ridiculous standard: to exile an entire cut of meat because it didn’t impress me at 12.
From Salon • Apr. 10, 2026
Maguire ended an 18-month exile from the England scene last month when he featured in World Cup warm-up games against Uruguay and Japan.
From BBC • Apr. 9, 2026
When he returned from his exile in 1997, he was no longer “Steven P. Jobs”—just “Steve Jobs.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026
How Tereza’s exile helps her countrymen isn’t quite clear, but I suspect it starts with giving someone younger her house and her job.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026
My working theory then held all black people as kings in exile, a nation of original men severed from our original names and our majestic Nubian culture.
From "Between the World and Me" by Ta-Nehisi Coates
Vocabulary lists containing exile
Martin Luther King Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" Speech (1963)
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"Romeo and Juliet" by William Shakespeare, Act III
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Persepolis
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