How to Use abolish in a Sentence

abolish

verb

• He is in favor of abolishing the death penalty.
• In 2008, Nepal abolished its monarchy and went to the polls.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• And around 1974, the laws changed and the ordinance that said you were not allowed to dance in a club was abolished.
  — Daniel Scheffler, Spin, 28 Aug. 2023
• Drew must fight to abolish the tyranny of the Lionlords and reclaim the throne.
  — Alex Ritman, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 June 2022
• For starters, Macron might reverse his move to abolish the wealth tax.
  — Catherine Poisson, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
• Wisconsin was the first state to abolish the death penalty in 1853.
  — Tamia Fowlkes, Journal Sentinel, 27 Sep. 2024
• In 2023, Illinois became the first state to abolish cash bail.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
• The Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973, after which the last King lived in exile in Britain.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• Trump tried to abolish the program in his first term as president and vows to do so again.
  — Howard Gleckman, Forbes, 26 Sep. 2024
• In 2019, New York passed a law limiting, but not abolishing, the use of cash bail.
  — Shannon Heffernan, USA TODAY, 1 Aug. 2024
• Many of them were enslavers, although some were the first in the world to legally abolish African slavery.
  — Gordon S. Wood, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
• The ateliers were set free post the revolutions, the guilds were abolished and there was this enormous growth of the French know-how, a savoir faire.
  — Funmi Fetto, Vogue, 11 June 2024
• Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery, in 1888.
  — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
• Then, Louverture fought against the French to abolish slavery in Saint-Domingue.
  — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2022
• And at least three states have abolished deadlines for people who were abused as children to sue.
  — Maryclaire Dale, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2023
• Of the five states that had a question on the ballot on whether to abolish slavery or not, one one state voted to reject the ban.
  — Bry'onna Mention, Essence, 10 Nov. 2022
• Five states will choose whether to abolish slavery on Election Day.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
• Perhaps a crisis will occur, giving us a chance to pack the court, or abolish it.
  — Astra Taylor, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
• The election will be the first for a Miami-Dade sheriff since the 1960s, when voters abolished the office.
  — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
• In 2004, the New York Court of Appeals abolished the death penalty, and there is currently no one on death row in the state prison system.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
• The in-season tournament is here and isn’t going to be abolished anytime soon.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• Big news for cash bail critics:Illinois just became first state to abolish it.
  — USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• New Jersey was the last northern state to abolish slavery, and Trenton is named for a slave trader.
  — The Editors, National Review, 26 Aug. 2022
• Now there is now legislation proposed in both the House and Senate to abolish the death penalty in Ohio.
  — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2022
• The draft was abolished, and the caveats included in free agency when it was introduced in 2022 have been removed.
  — Kurt Badenhausen, Sportico.com, 25 Sep. 2024
• This is the first time an independent sheriff will be elected since 1960, when the post was abolished.
  — Sommer Brugal, Axios, 31 July 2024
• Though some restaurants have tried to abolish tipping, results have been mixed.
  — Michelle Cheng, Quartz, 4 May 2022
• Debtors’ prisons were abolished by Congress in 1833, which is good news for the millions of Americans.
  — Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
• Stein has called for abolishing student and medical debt.
  — Alex Groth, Journal Sentinel, 24 Oct. 2024
• The killing of George Floyd inspired an outpouring of anguish and anger, and led to calls from Democrats to cut police budgets or even to abolish police departments altogether.
  — Kelefa Sanneh, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2024

Last Updated: 21 Nov 2024