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

Qaradaya explained that patients were therefore sent away at perhaps 75% improvement, or told to exercise at home.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2025

"Gabriel came back from this trip a totally different child than the one that we sent away, and I think no mother expects these events to take place on a school trip," she said.

From BBC • Jan. 26, 2025

In the succession of houses that Ralph had known, this one stood out with particular clarity because after that house he had been sent away to school.

From "Lord of the Flies" by William Golding