How to Use banish in a Sentence

banish

verb
  • He was banished for life.
  • The dictator banished anyone who opposed him.
  • At a point, the app would have been banished from app stores.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 16 Jan. 2026
  • The fifth episode where Michael was banished was crazy.
    — Sam Reed, Glamour, 23 Jan. 2026
  • There were also ragged nerves to soothe and doubts to banish.
    — Karla Peterson, sandiegouniontribune.com, 21 May 2017
  • Pour white vinegar down drains to banish yucky scents.
    — Emerson Latham, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 May 2026
  • The catchy, quirky build will banish any doom and gloom from the dance floor of your mind.
    — Kat Bein, Billboard, 7 Nov. 2017
  • Which makes sense, because evil has still not been banished from this world.
    — Aimee Levitt, Chicago Reader, 16 May 2018
  • Who was banished on 'The Traitors'?
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Who got banished on 'The Traitors'?
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 30 Jan. 2026
  • Who got banished on 'The Traitors'?
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Just be sure to grab your fave brush and hairspray to banish flyaways.
    — Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 18 Jan. 2023
  • One is taught, too, how to discover a witch and how to banish her.
    — Robert Shackleton, Harper’s Magazine , 25 May 2022
  • At the end of each challenge, the player who comes in last is banished.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2025
  • For most soldiers, the base is a place to be banished to or escaped from.
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The anger remains his own, the restless ghosts his alone to banish.
    — Rachel Syme, New Republic, 13 Dec. 2017
  • There’s no bad blood with the Faithfuls who banished her, though.
    — Rebecca Jennings, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2026
  • When the crowd called for the students to be banished, the city complied.
    — Loveday Morris, Washington Post, 30 Oct. 2023
  • The smallest light of truth can banish the darkness.
    — Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
  • These won’t prevent the next megabreach or banish ransomware from the earth.
    — WIRED, 11 Dec. 2017
  • Plastic straws are out, too — banished from restaurants by the end of the year.
    — Eamon Barrett, Fortune, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The same cocktail of ice, salt and soap can banish the stains in a coffee pot, too.
    — Jenny Xie, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2022
  • There is, after all, a reason they were banished to the third row in the first place.
    — Daniel Pund, Car and Driver, 3 Mar. 2018
  • The way the game works, each day, the players all vote to banish someone from the game.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 2 Sep. 2024
  • But trust the process—it’ll banish ashiness on your knees, elbows, and feet.
    — Jessica Kasparian, SELF, 13 Aug. 2024
  • Three episodes later, Rob was banished.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 5 Jan. 2026
  • She’d been baptized a Catholic, and her church taught that she would be banished to hell.
    — Susan McKay, The New Yorker, 26 July 2019
  • The Wildcats have been banished from the end zone for much of the season.
    — Rainer Sabin, Detroit Free Press, 28 Oct. 2019
  • May Diwali bring enough light to banish all the darkness from your life.
    — Jamie Ballard, Woman's Day, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Catlett was banished from the United States for what her art had to say.
    — Chadd Scott, Forbes.com, 1 July 2026

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