How to Use disband in a Sentence

disband

verb

• They've decided to disband the club.
• The members of the organization have decided to disband.
• The Clowns were the last of the Negro League teams to disband (in 1962).
  — Steven F. Shundich, The Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2022
• The White Stripes disbanded in 2011 and Meg has largely kept out of the spotlight since.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
• The lawsuit led the LAPD to disband the unit, and pay a $1.8-million settlement.
  — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2021
• In turn, Yelena will take out Val and disband the team.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Oct. 2022
• At first, the top guideline listed on the page said that the group would disband after the election.
  — Brooke Henderson, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2020
• The group disbanded a year after Malik left the band in 2015.
  — Charna Flam, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
• The unit was disbanded, and the warehouse was closed in late September.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
• The group that wrote the standards disbanded and did not stick around to answer questions (of which there were many).
  — Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
• The Smiths disbanded in 1987, just before the release of their fourth album.
  — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
• Moby Grape toured the U.S. and Europe, but disbanded as of 1970.
  — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 21 July 2024
• The pair will disband as co-CEOs of the company, though Yari will remain an investor.
  — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
• Devo hasn’t disbanded, but the new wave rockers out of Akron, Ohio, no longer tour.
  — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
• The mayor is on the right side in refusing to disband the police department and wants to work with the chief to transform it.
  — Sondra Samuels and Don Samuels, Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
• Coney Maul: The circus disbanded years ago, but those who shocked the audience can't seem to leave.
  — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2024
• Volunteering at my daughter’s school was a thing of the past and the mom groups had long disbanded.
  — Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
• That shadowy outfit disbanded last year in the wake of scandal.
  — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
• It’s been more than 50 years since The Beatles disbanded, but Ringo shows no signs of slowing down.
  — Andrew Torgan, CNN, 7 July 2024
• Some called for the entire Parliament to disband to make way for a younger leadership.
  — Krishan Francis, The Christian Science Monitor, 11 Apr. 2022
• Australian defense officials have heard enough to decide to disband the unit in which Roberts-Smith served.
  — Joel Gehrke, Washington Examiner, 19 Nov. 2020
• The town votes to disband the team, but Davis broadcasts fictitious games the next season with the Possums winning the state championship.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Dec. 2020
• The state Supreme Court decided in 2020 to disband it, citing costs and a lack of public interest.
  — Deon J. Hampton, NBC News, 20 Aug. 2022
• The statement said American disbanded the DEI council in 2023 and urged the airline to revive it.
  — Hannah Sampson, Washington Post, 20 June 2024
• While that has spared Parker, the slow pace has angered some residents who feel the city needs to move more quickly to disband tent clusters.
  — Sarah Ravani, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 June 2021
• The school disbanded the program in early 2023 when the dean who created it left Virginia Tech and told the Supreme Court it would not be revived.
  — Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
• Cedar Point plans to disband its police department and turn law-enforcement duties at the park over to the city of Sandusky.
  — cleveland, 1 July 2022
• The Dillinger Escape Plan have announced their first concert since disbanding in 2017.
  — Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 12 Dec. 2023
• After responding to those ideas at the council’s last meeting, council members were on track to disband the ad hoc committee at the Nov. 20 meeting.
  — Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 25 Nov. 2024
• As the vigil at the Capitol disbanded, five golden retrievers and their handlers reported for duty.
  — Laura Schulte, Journal Sentinel, 17 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 14 Jan 2025