Sentence examples for by banishment from inspiring English sources

This episode threw him back on the mercies of familial convention, where black sheep were sorted out, made men of, by banishment to somewhere frightfully hot and bothered like India or Africa, and not allowed back home until they had thoroughly redeemed themselves.

Dr. Tenner, in "Our Own Devices: The Past and Future of Body Technology" (Knopf, 2003), said that the thumb's role in operating keyboards became prominent 250 years ago with the advent of the musical keyboard, but then was diminished in stature by banishment to the space bar of the typewriter.

The disgrace produced by banishment to Europe was punishment enough.

The administration can bring home those like Howard Bailey who have been lost, not on the battlefield, but by banishment from their own government.

The council then witnessed an unsuccessful attempt by Graham to arrest the king resulting in the knight's imprisonment followed by banishment but James did not see Graham's actions as part of any extended threat.

Gradually growing to be great, and winning the favour of the people, he at last gained the day with his faction over that of Aristides, and procured his banishment by ostracism.

Yet the underlying behavior is never firmly punished by permanent banishment from the sport.

Slavery may be ended by manumission, banishment, a failure to specify the status of slaves in one's will, and notably by putting a slave into chains (except for a crime, or as punishment).

He committed to immigrating to Palestine quite early in his life, to some extent motivated by the banishment from his home the fact that he was young, still unmarried, and had few financial obligations.

For Democrats long saddened by their banishment from the ideological homeland of patriotism, the return feels good.

Every other week one house member is voted out by viewers after being nominated for banishment by the other housemates.