exile
noun
expulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
exiled
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past participleof exile.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof exile.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
exilenounexpulsion from one's native land by authoritative decree.
Example Sentences
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Rocky was exiled to South Philadelphia and installed outside the Spectrum arena, where the 76ers and Flyers played until the 1990s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026
María Corina Machado, the exiled leader of the Venezuelan opposition and a recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, on Thursday raised her own worries about what the oil deal means for the future of Venezuela.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2026
It has labelled the exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, a separatist.
From BBC ● Aug. 28, 2026
A taboo-breaking book about Vladimir Putin's rise to power and private life, written by two exiled Russian journalists, won a newly established French literary prize on Tuesday.
From Barron's ● Aug. 25, 2026
In 1581 the exiled Hungarian bishop Andreas Dudith found himself playing host in Breslau to two astronomers, the Englishman Henry Savile and the Silesian Paul Wittich.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
