How to Use expulsion in a Sentence

expulsion

noun
  • The government engaged in mass expulsions.
  • Bradley’s release was not a surprise, but Reyes’ expulsion from the premises was a shock.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 8 Sep. 2022
  • Their expulsion stems from not being able to sit correctly on a velvet fainting couch.
    Emma Allen, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
  • Asked whether some of those deemed irrelevant protested their expulsion, Mason laughed.
    Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
  • But when Amin gave his expulsion order, the British government didn't leap into action.
    Lucy Fulford, CNN, 18 Sep. 2022
  • Sun resigned from the House earlier this year in the face of a likely expulsion vote over disorderly conduct.
    Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 30 July 2024
  • Consider the first unsuccessful expulsion case Finra brought against Hurry and his firms.
    Sergei Klebnikov, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Punitive, exclusionary responses like expulsion from school are likely to increase the risk of violence.
    New York Times, 22 Aug. 2022
  • Those who violate the honor code are subject to sanctions ranging from counseling, community service, fines, and expulsion.
    Michael Silverman, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The expulsion of Douglas Hann wasn't the end of the story.
    TIME, 19 Dec. 2023
  • The book details what the Jews have endured: the pogroms, the expulsions, the Holocaust.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Feb. 2024
  • He was said to be the first Chinese person to put down roots in the city since the expulsion.
    oregonlive, 25 Nov. 2022
  • That’s a reference to the Nakba of 1948—the expulsion of the Palestinians.
    Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 16 Nov. 2023
  • In the case of rockets, the action is the force produced by the expulsion of gas, smoke, and flames from the nozzle end of a rocket engine.
    Kate S. Petersen, USA TODAY, 1 Dec. 2022
  • Sun resigned last month in the wake of a damning ethics report that was likely to lead to expulsion.
    Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 27 Feb. 2024
  • Johnson, who is white, was the only one to survive her expulsion vote.
    Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 24 Apr. 2023
  • For more on what to expect from the expulsion vote, and what comes next, check out this explainer from Stewart.
    Bridget Bowman, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2023
  • CMEs are large expulsions of plasma and magnetic fields from the Sun that reach Earth within 15 to 18 hours.
    Bradford Betz, Fox News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The expulsion process has been used before, and the member doesn’t have to be guilty of anything other than that two-thirds of members want him out.
    WSJ, 26 Jan. 2023
  • Censures, which are rare in the House, are less severe than expulsion from the House but more severe than a reprimand.
    Amy B Wang, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • Some states in the northwest sued for peace allowing for the expansion of slavery or even the expulsion of the New England states.
    Douglass K. Daniel, Chicago Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
  • Protesters amassed at the Capitol ahead of the expulsion vote and have continued to demonstrate.
    Karin Brulliard, Washington Post, 12 Apr. 2023
  • The expulsion of Jones and Pearson sparked a national outcry from Democrats.
    Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The motion to intervene seeks to delay a court order that would lift the expulsion measure on Dec. 21.
    Miriam Jordan, New York Times, 22 Nov. 2022
  • The big picture: There were already Democrats calling for Menendez's expulsion from the Senate after he was charged with the crimes last year.
    Stephen Neukam, Axios, 16 July 2024
  • House members may be removed by expulsion, which would require a two-thirds vote.
    Oren Oppenheim, ABC News, 2 Jan. 2023
  • While some Israeli hard-liners have called for the expulsion of Palestinians from Gaza, Gallant said there were no plans to do so.
    Josef Federman, arkansasonline.com, 17 Feb. 2024
  • And many of them -- and many Haitian migrants who have settled elsewhere in the country -- are protected from expulsion by law.
    Shannon K. Kingston, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2024
  • Under the Constitution, expulsion requires a two-thirds vote of the House.
    George Santos, Fox News, 11 Jan. 2023
  • On Tuesday, however, Homendy said the system appeared to have been working as intended, and was not the cause of the expulsion of the door plug.
    Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2024

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