Example sentences for: banishment

How can you use “banishment” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • A popular Iranian reformer, Abdullah Kouri, was sentenced to five years in prison and a five-year banishment from publishing for blasphemous statements, says the NYT . His newspaper, one of the country's leading pro-democracy publications, was also shut down.

  • When the anxious Jessie has him voted out of the Fort Worth church that they founded together, something ruptures: Unable to comprehend his banishment, Sonny spends days and nights in his mama's attic railing at Jesus.

  • According to both Reuters and the Economist , Argentina has rejected an appeal from exiled Paraguayan coup leader Lino Oviedo to delay his banishment to Tierra del Fuego until his hair transplant can take hold.


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