exiled

past tense of exile

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of exiled The outlet notes that at the same referendum, male heirs of Italy’s last king (aka sons of the Savoy family) were exiled and barred from ever entering the country. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026 Meaningful opposition is effectively nonexistent in Russia, with critics either barred, in jail or exiled abroad. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2026 In Groff’s imagining, the real figure of Marie de France is a gangly teenager exiled by her lover, Eleanor of Aquitaine, to oversee a dreary English abbey sometime during the 12th century. — David Faris, TheWeek, 16 Sep. 2026 Located in Jerusalem, al-Wasiti became, for years, the place to visit, empowering Palestinian artists exiled all over the world to return to a fountain of unity and belonging. — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 26 Aug. 2026 This thriller centers on disgraced or damaged agents of Britain’s MI6 intelligence service who have been exiled to a remote Greek island. — Monitor Reviewers, Christian Science Monitor, 21 Aug. 2026 After British forces recaptured Delhi, much of the city was destroyed and the last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled. — Aishwarya Lakshmi, The Conversation, 18 Aug. 2026 The novel, reissued this fall, by McNally Editions, takes the form of a memoir by a German Jewish intellectual historian, exiled to New York. — David Denby, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2026 The Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973, and Crown Prince Pavlos’ parents, King Constantine II and Queen Anne-Marie, were exiled from the country, only returning in 2013. — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exiled
Verb
  • Now, after King Charles stripped her and Andrew of the titles of Duke and Duchess of York and banished them from Royal Lodge, Fergie is reportedly seeking a face-to-face meeting with Charles.
    — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 21 Sep. 2026
  • In this charming graphic novel, the mischievous Norse god Loki gets banished to mid-Guard—AKA Earth—as punishment and must adjust to a month of life as an 11-year-old boy and document his journey in a journal.
    — Kavya Dhillon, Parents, 19 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • There were a few families with tweens and teens, some of whom participated in kids’ club activities like scavenger hunts, whereas others relegated themselves to the set of computers in the lounge for long sessions of video games.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Sep. 2026
  • Cottage cheese, once relegated to diet plates and grandma’s fridge, is now landing on top of pasta, inside pancake batter and blended into dessert.
    — Ryan Brennan, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Sep. 2026
Verb
  • The majority of those deported so far – around 20,000 – were transported to Mexico, while others have been flown to Latin America, Africa, central Asia and the Caribbean.
    — The Week UK, TheWeek, 22 Sep. 2026
  • In July, an immigration judge ordered him to be deported, according to DHS.
    — DORANY PINEDA, ABC News, 22 Sep. 2026

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“Exiled.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exiled. Accessed 28 Sep. 2026.

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