How to Use banish in a Sentence

banish

verb

• He was banished for life.
• The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.
• Their hits got banished from the radio, never to return until now.
  — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 12 Oct. 2024
• A year ago, Gruden banished Khalil Mack, one of the best pass-rushers in the league.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 7 Sep. 2019
• Dozens try to vault the fences to join in the bacchanal, a few are banished in handcuffs, others are shuttled to hospitals for treatment.
  — Greg Kot, chicagotribune.com, 5 Aug. 2019
• In the future, an outbreak of canine flu leads the mayor of a Japanese city to banish all dogs to an island that’s a garbage dump.
  — Los Angeles Times, 11 Aug. 2019
• Child-welfare advocates insist the practice constitutes child abuse and exploitation and should be banished.
  — Adam Dean, New York Times, 24 Aug. 2019
• But Kelsey, who has been banished from the BSA, continues to maintain his innocence.
  — NBC News, 14 Sep. 2019
• As a result, Marechera was effectively banished from public gatherings.
  — Tinashe Mushakavanhu, Quartz Africa, 7 Sep. 2019
• This versatility is the stress-relieving, anxiety-banishing key to making life feel simple and sweet.
  — Jesse Sparks, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2019
• Although God and nobles were summarily banished, French food was mercifully not.
  — Jim Kempton, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2019
• There’s no proof that rose quartz really brings love, or that citrine generates energy, or that tourmaline can banish negativity.
  — Rachel Syme, The New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2019
• So at his new Beverly Boulevard restaurant, Nic's, he's banished the word — along with any hippie-dippie aesthetics.
  — Gary Baum, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2019
• Rather than banish anxiety, these almost-commonplace objects are quietly disturbing.
  — Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 3 Sep. 2019
• When the crowd called for the students to be banished, the city complied.
  — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
• The Wildcats have been banished from the end zone for much of the season.
  — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2019
• The way the game works, each day, the players all vote to banish someone from the game.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
• At the end of the film, Lorraine learns the demon's name and manages to banish it to hell.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 8 Sep. 2023
• May all the evils in your life be banished by goodness.
  — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 29 Aug. 2023
• For most soldiers, the base is a place to be banished to or escaped from.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
• Plastic straws are out, too — banished from restaurants by the end of the year.
  — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2020
• Their goal is to banish a Traitor so that only Faithfuls are left in the game at the end.
  — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
• The same cocktail of ice, salt and soap can banish the stains in a coffee pot, too.
  — Jenny Xie, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
• One is taught, too, how to discover a witch and how to banish her.
  — Robert Shackleton, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
• Plus, a jolt of caffeine in these works to banish puffiness.
  — Sam Peters, ELLE, 14 Nov. 2022
• The industry’s biggest trade shows banished the AR-15 to the back.
  — Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Mar. 2023
• Just be sure to grab your fave brush and hairspray to banish flyaways.
  — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 18 Jan. 2023
• This Holi, banish the Ravanas from your mind and fill it with the lovely thoughts of Lord Ram.
  — Ysolt Usigan, Woman's Day, 17 Jan. 2023
• May Diwali bring enough light to banish all the darkness from your life.
  — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 18 Aug. 2022
• However, none of this means that knotless braids need to be banished to the far-off lands of irredeemable hair heaven.
  — Tayler Adigun, Essence, 9 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024