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How to use expulsion in a sentence

10 example sentences · noun

Expulsion means the act of expelling or the state of being expelled. Example: “The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team, resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.”

Examples of expulsion by meaning

nounThe act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

  • The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team, resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.

More sentences with expulsion

  • Frothing at the mouth and threatening expulsion, Coach relentlessly drove the team to more laps of the pitch.From the entry drive
  • And being caught a third time, they said, would mean expulsion.”2012 October 30, Louisa P., The Purpose of Gravity and Other Fabulous Stories, Louisa Peck, →ISBN. From the entry bejeezles
  • Dross is related with the incomplete expulsion of the melt from the bottom of the kerf.2008, Narendra B. Dahotre, Sandip Harimkar, Laser Fabrication and Machining of Materials, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 176. From the entry dross
  • “I am going to give ergometrine now, to promote the expulsion of the placenta.”2002, Jennifer Worth, Call the Midwife, Phoenix (2012), page 109. From the entry ergometrine
  • The activities of Jewish singers immediately before the expulsion from Spain testifies that they were outsiders in every respect, regarded neither as Jews nor Christians.2017, Velvel Pasternak, Behind the Music, Stories, Anecdotes, Articles and Reflections, page 199. From the entry trouvère
  • The Court left unopined the question of "what the result might have been if Powell had been seated and expulsion proceedings subsequently instituted".1972, ABA Journal, volume 58, page 1038. From the entry unopined
  • His expulsion from the demon of ignorance is symbolised in a legend of his expulsion from the rivers of a huge crocodile.1902, J. Campbell Gibson, Mission Problems and Mission Methods in South China, 2nd edition, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, page 56. From the entry Swatow
  • Their highhandedness extends to such extraordinary actions as the Tennessee House’s expulsion of two Democratic lawmakers last month and the Montana House’s recent silencing of a transgender Democrat.2023 May 4, Frank Bruni, “Republicans Are Running Wild in My State”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 25 Aug 2023. From the entry highhandedness
  • A Sephardic romance, composed before the expulsion of the Jews from Spain, fills the Lost Chord Music Store on the northwest corner of Spinoza Square and Sixth Avenue.2004, David Mitchell, “Half-Lives: The First Luisa Rey Mystery”, in Cloud Atlas, →ISBN, page 119. From the entry pallid

Meaning of expulsion

  1. noun The act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

Full definition of expulsion

Questions about expulsion in a sentence

How do you use expulsion in a sentence?
Expulsion is used as a noun. For example: “The scandal involved every member of the high school's football team, resulting in a flurry of expulsions, starting with the quarterback.”
What is a short sentence with expulsion?
“And being caught a third time, they said, would mean expulsion.””
What does expulsion mean?
Expulsion means the act of expelling or the state of being expelled.

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