banish
verb (used with object)
to expel from or relegate to a country or place by authoritative decree; condemn to exile.
is banishing
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present progressiveof banish (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Faculty pay is surprisingly poor at Western Reserve, but a new scholarly spirit is banishing an old Babbittry and attracting able researchers who like the labs as well as the living.
From Time Magazine Archive
Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys, Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours.
From Pipe and Pouch The Smoker's Own Book of Poetry by Various
A ludicrous pretence of education is banishing every form of native simplicity.
From Born in Exile by Gissing, George
You desired to banish Count William, and you see he is banishing himself.
From The Tales Of The Heptameron, Vol. II. (of V.) by Saintsbury, George
Pernicious weed! whose scent the fair annoys, Unfriendly to society's chief joys: Thy worst effect is banishing for hours The sex whose presence civilizes ours.
From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by Bartlett, John
