How to Use expel in a Sentence

expel

verb
  • The club may expel members who do not follow the rules.
  • She was expelled from school for bad behavior.
  • Their heads were shaved and they were expelled from the town.
    — Rich Heldenfels, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
  • He should be expelled from Ukraine.
    — CBS News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Mills has, in turn, called for Mace to be expelled.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Marty didn’t mind when he was expelled.
    — Julien Levy, Rolling Stone, 27 Dec. 2025
  • Mace has also called for Mills to be expelled.
    — Mary Ellen Klas, Twin Cities, 23 Apr. 2026
  • The students who were expelled were Black.
    — Darcel Rockett, Chicago Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • The pills killed her unborn twins, but did not expel their remains.
    — The Editors, National Review, 23 Sep. 2024
  • And in the worst case scenarios, their child might be expelled from their child care.
    — Beki San Martin, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The school expels him for a year for making a threat of mass violence.
    — Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 29 May 2025
  • The school expels him for a year for making a threat of mass violence.
    — Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 13 Nov. 2024
  • The school expels him for a year for making a threat of mass violence.
    — Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 28 Jan. 2025
  • Only six members of the House have been expelled.
    — ABC News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Your body will eventually expel the stuck parts as the wound heals.
    — Kate Wong, Scientific American, 22 June 2026
  • Only six members have been expelled from the House.
    — Ana Ceballos, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026
  • When the hormone is absent, the uterus will expel its contents.
    — Jen Christensen, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Each one is equipped with a rapid-release valve for expelling all hydrogen gas in the event of a fire.
    — New Atlas, 16 Oct. 2024
  • She was expelled, along with her roommate, after her roommate’s boyfriend was found in their dorm room.
    — Richard Sandomir, New York Times, 10 May 2024
  • When the water grows too warm, coral expels the algae living in its tissues and turns white.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 July 2023
  • Evans claims he was expelled without due process and in a public way that ruined his business deal.
    — Justin Wingerter, Denver Post, 3 Dec. 2025
  • He was expelled from school, convicted of burglary and sentenced to some five years in prison.
    — Alec MacGillis, ProPublica, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Two of the expelled died of exposure; the rest made their way to Portland by foot or rail.
    — Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • An effort to expel the state senator, led by the Democrats, failed.
    — Ray Stern, The Arizona Republic, 16 May 2022
  • Of the seven cadets who were expelled, Jane said, five were minorities.
    — Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2025
  • The House has expelled just six members in its history.
    — Caitlin Yilek, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • To keep the body in balance, the kidneys must remove excess acid from the blood and expel it from the body in urine.
    — Becky Upham, EverydayHealth.com, 14 Aug. 2024
  • Special glands above their eyes filter saltwater, expelling it through their bills.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Soon, Damsky was suspended, then expelled.
    — Conor Friedersdorf, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2026
  • These creatures need to expel the extra salt somehow, which for mammals is via the kidneys.
    — Sara Kiley Watson, Popular Science, 18 Mar. 2026

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