How to Use banish in a Sentence
banish
verb
- He was banished for life.
- The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.
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When the crowd called for the students to be banished, the city complied.
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Loveday Morris,
Washington Post,
30 Oct. 2023
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At the end of the film, Lorraine learns the demon's name and manages to banish it to hell.
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Milan Polk,
Men's Health,
8 Sep. 2023
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May all the evils in your life be banished by goodness.
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Jamie Ballard,
Woman's Day,
29 Aug. 2023
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The same cocktail of ice, salt and soap can banish the stains in a coffee pot, too.
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Jenny Xie,
Washington Post,
19 Dec. 2022
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One is taught, too, how to discover a witch and how to banish her.
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Robert Shackleton,
Harper’s Magazine ,
25 May 2022
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Plus, a jolt of caffeine in these works to banish puffiness.
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Sam Peters,
ELLE,
14 Nov. 2022
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The industry’s biggest trade shows banished the AR-15 to the back.
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Todd C. Frankel, Shawn Boburg, Josh Dawsey, Ashley Parker and Alex Horton, The Washington Post,
Anchorage Daily News,
30 Mar. 2023
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Just be sure to grab your fave brush and hairspray to banish flyaways.
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Jasmine Washington,
Seventeen,
18 Jan. 2023
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This Holi, banish the Ravanas from your mind and fill it with the lovely thoughts of Lord Ram.
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Ysolt Usigan,
Woman's Day,
17 Jan. 2023
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May Diwali bring enough light to banish all the darkness from your life.
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Jamie Ballard,
Woman's Day,
18 Aug. 2022
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Rivers was banished from the Carson show and fired from her own the following year.
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Jason Zinoman,
New York Times,
8 June 2023
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Starting at the top of episode 10, Peter gets banished.
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Emily Longeretta,
Variety,
4 Mar. 2024
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Thor and his friends lash out at the Frost Giants against Odin’s wishes, and he is banished to Earth.
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Jacqueline Weiss,
Peoplemag,
10 Nov. 2023
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For this new Panamera, steel springs have been banished.
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Tim Stevens,
Robb Report,
13 Mar. 2024
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The horse's trainer, Bob Baffert, was also banished from the sport for two years.
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Justin Klawans,
The Week,
6 May 2023
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But now death had become a shameful thing, to be banished from sight.
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Parul Sehgal,
The New Yorker,
14 Aug. 2023
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Your work has to stand out, or the audience will banish it (rightly) to the black hole of blandness.
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Lindsay Tjepkema,
Forbes,
15 June 2022
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This set takes a two-pronged approach to banish back breakouts.
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Cristina Montemayor,
Men's Health,
27 Jan. 2023
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Simply add vodka to a load of laundry to banish pesky odors.
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Caitlin Sole,
Better Homes & Gardens,
18 Aug. 2022
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Cleaning the tub and tiles to banish grime and make grout in your shower look new again can feel like a full-body workout.
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Toni Sutton,
Peoplemag,
15 Oct. 2023
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Even the New Right of the early 1960s banished the blatant antisemites.
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Michael Tomasky,
The New Republic,
25 Apr. 2023
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Willow bark will banish dead skin cells and infuse life into the scalp.
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Dallas News,
30 Nov. 2022
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The look skews punk rock, but a soft lining banishes scratches.
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Alesandra Dubin,
Travel + Leisure,
11 July 2023
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The nuns use it to banish Valak back to hell, thereby freeing Maurice from her clutches and saving the day.
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Brian Truitt,
USA TODAY,
9 Sep. 2023
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But the sheer weight and scale of the figures’ umber and lead-white modeling banish any light humor.
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Julian Bell,
The New York Review of Books,
26 Dec. 2023
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With your garments hanging up, move the steamer in short, slow strokes to banish wrinkles.
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Nicol Natale,
Peoplemag,
2 Aug. 2023
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The worst of them serve to reinforce prejudices, rather than banish them.
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Holly Thomas,
CNN,
21 Feb. 2023
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As time goes by, these nights, when the men are banished or abandoned, are the ones glittering in memory.
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Katie Roiphe,
WSJ,
30 Nov. 2023
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