How to Use disband in a Sentence

disband

verb
  • They've decided to disband the club.
  • The members of the organization have decided to disband.
  • The White Stripes disbanded in 2011 and Meg has largely kept out of the spotlight since.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The unit was disbanded, and the warehouse was closed in late September.
    Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The group that wrote the standards disbanded and did not stick around to answer questions (of which there were many).
    Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The Smiths disbanded in 1987, just before the release of their fourth album.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The pair will disband as co-CEOs of the company, though Yari will remain an investor.
    Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
  • That shadowy outfit disbanded last year in the wake of scandal.
    Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The school disbanded the program in early 2023 when the dean who created it left Virginia Tech and told the Supreme Court it would not be revived.
    Rachel Weiner, Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2024
  • The Dillinger Escape Plan have announced their first concert since disbanding in 2017.
    Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 12 Dec. 2023
  • The group released three albums and one EP before disbanding.
    Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
  • But after the base disbanded all this furniture was left.
    Emily Zemler, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Feb. 2024
  • Wolfgang played with Van Halen until the group disbanded after his father's death in 2020.
    EW.com, 25 Jan. 2024
  • The Verge Spotify is disbanding its founding podcast studio and laying off some of the team.
    Jay Peters, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2023
  • This time around, the band — who disbanded in 2012 — has welcomed new lead vocalist Lance Horton.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The unit was created 14 months before Nichols's death and was disbanded after the charges against the officers were announced.
    Rachel Schilke, Washington Examiner, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd disbanded after the incident, but Van Zant's brother would reform the group a decade later in 1987.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The decision to disband the unit was announced on Saturday as protesters marched through the city.
    Rick Rojas, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2023
  • The announcement appears to be the third time Rage Against the Machine has disbanded, at least temporarily.
    Christopher Brito, CBS News, 4 Jan. 2024
  • It has since been disbanded amid shifting policies and focus.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2024
  • In August 2022, he was told the company was disbanding his team and he was being demoted.
    Jessica Guynn, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
  • The former will disband after this year, although Bob Weir’s post-Dead plans involve staying busier than ever.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The musical tells the true story of the Comedian Harmonists, a six-person German vocal group in the late 1920s that was disbanded as the Nazis came to power.
    Georgia Slater, Peoplemag, 15 Dec. 2023
  • Lott, Texas, a town of about 700 residents, disbanded its department last year.
    Trisha Ahmed, Fortune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • After Kara disbanded, Ms. Goo released a solo album that did not sell well.
    John Yoon, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The group released three albums before disbanding in 1991.
    Stephanie Sengwe, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Having a voice through this forum also meant that our community could have a seat at the table and stereotypes could be disbanded.
    Divya Kakaiya, Ph.d., M.s., San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023
  • Formed by four childhood friends in the late ’90s in Nottingham, England, the band recorded a couple of EPs but quickly and quietly disbanded, as most bands do.
    Chris Kelly, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • Officials disbanded the Scorpion unit after Nichols’s death, though members of the unit have been moved to other teams.
    Adrian Sainz and Jonathan Mattise, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Kanipe said the previous CSU was disbanded in October of 2020 due to staffing issues.
    Remington Miller, Arkansas Online, 10 May 2023

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