sent away
Example Sentences
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But within a few years, Lavinia and Michelle were sent away again, to live in one of their mother's old foster homes.
From BBC ● May 2, 2026
Matt Pincus was a self-described troubled kid of a Wall Street family who was sent away to an institution for troubled youth.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 7, 2025
The thought of being sent away keeps him up at night, but the alternative is nearly just as bad: “I’m afraid that I will be detained here for years,” he said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 1, 2025
She wouldn’t have married the guy who was sent away all those years ago.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 14, 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
