Examples of expulsion in a Sentence
The government engaged in mass expulsions.
the expulsion of air from the lungs
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Censuring a House member is considered one of the more severe punishments behind expulsion.
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Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
Anderson claims many critics even called her school, Tigard High School in Tigard, Oregon, lobbying for her expulsion, just before graduating.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
The French intervention, backed by a number of European and African nations, produced early successes, with the retaking of key cities, but frustration and fatigue over failures to route an entrenched insurgency fostered popular discontent, resulting in the mission's expulsion in 2022.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
By 2022, nationalist rhetoric from Yameen and his Progressive Party coalition intensified into a demand for the expulsion of the Indian troops stationed in the country.
—Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
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Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 20 Nov. 2025
Anderson claims many critics even called her school, Tigard High School in Tigard, Oregon, lobbying for her expulsion, just before graduating.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025
The French intervention, backed by a number of European and African nations, produced early successes, with the retaking of key cities, but frustration and fatigue over failures to route an entrenched insurgency fostered popular discontent, resulting in the mission's expulsion in 2022.
—Tom O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Nov. 2025
By 2022, nationalist rhetoric from Yameen and his Progressive Party coalition intensified into a demand for the expulsion of the Indian troops stationed in the country.
—Muhib Rahman, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for expulsion
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“Expulsion.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/expulsion. Accessed 27 Nov. 2025.
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expulsion
noun
ex·pul·sion
ik-ˈspəl-shən 
: the act of expelling : the state of being expelled
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