How to Use abolish in a Sentence

abolish

verb

• He is in favor of abolishing the death penalty.
• Five states will choose whether to abolish slavery on Election Day.
  — Marina Pitofsky, USA TODAY, 8 Nov. 2022
• Of the five states that had a question on the ballot on whether to abolish slavery or not, one one state voted to reject the ban.
  — Bry'onna Mention, Essence, 10 Nov. 2022
• Why are prison reform advocates pushing to abolish prison slavery?
  — Theara Coleman, The Week, 27 Oct. 2022
• Then, Louverture fought against the French to abolish slavery in Saint-Domingue.
  — Paris Wolfe, cleveland, 12 Oct. 2022
• Now there is now legislation proposed in both the House and Senate to abolish the death penalty in Ohio.
  — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 2 Nov. 2022
• Ted Cruz has hardly been quiet about his desire to abolish the Internal Revenue System.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 31 Oct. 2022
• In 2008, Nepal abolished its monarchy and went to the polls.
  — Sean Williams, Harper's Magazine, 11 Sep. 2023
• And around 1974, the laws changed and the ordinance that said you were not allowed to dance in a club was abolished.
  — Daniel Scheffler, Spin, 28 Aug. 2023
• For starters, Macron might reverse his move to abolish the wealth tax.
  — Catherine Poisson, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
• In 2023, Illinois became the first state to abolish cash bail.
  — Kinsey Crowley, USA TODAY, 29 July 2024
• The Greek monarchy was abolished in 1973, after which the last King lived in exile in Britain.
  — Simon Perry, Peoplemag, 27 Feb. 2024
• Many of them were enslavers, although some were the first in the world to legally abolish African slavery.
  — Gordon S. Wood, Washington Post, 2 July 2024
• The ateliers were set free post the revolutions, the guilds were abolished and there was this enormous growth of the French know-how, a savoir faire.
  — Funmi Fetto, Vogue, 11 June 2024
• Brazil was the last country in the Americas to abolish slavery, in 1888.
  — Ana Ionova, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Jan. 2023
• And at least three states have abolished deadlines for people who were abused as children to sue.
  — Maryclaire Dale, Chicago Tribune, 15 June 2023
• Perhaps a crisis will occur, giving us a chance to pack the court, or abolish it.
  — Astra Taylor, The New Republic, 1 Dec. 2022
• The election will be the first for a Miami-Dade sheriff since the 1960s, when voters abolished the office.
  — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 12 Apr. 2024
• In 2004, the New York Court of Appeals abolished the death penalty, and there is currently no one on death row in the state prison system.
  — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2023
• The in-season tournament is here and isn’t going to be abolished anytime soon.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2023
• Big news for cash bail critics:Illinois just became first state to abolish it.
  — USA TODAY, 19 July 2023
• This is the first time an independent sheriff will be elected since 1960, when the post was abolished.
  — Sommer Brugal, Axios, 31 July 2024
• Debtors’ prisons were abolished by Congress in 1833, which is good news for the millions of Americans.
  — Jill Schlesinger, The Mercury News, 22 Jan. 2024
• So the 13th Amendment states that slavery is abolished, except for punishment for a crime.
  — Abc News, ABC News, 20 June 2023
• On today's The Excerpt podcast, what if the government abolished your 401(k)?
  — USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
• The six conservative justices on the court aren’t threatening to abolish Congress or seize control of the White House, of course.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 3 Oct. 2023
• The King’s Speech also mentioned plans to abolish a part of press regulation.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Nov. 2023
• Democrats have been trying for years to abolish or at least amend the filibuster, but there have been holdouts—notably Sinema and Manchin.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 Jan. 2023
• Their decision doesn’t abolish the auction system right away but rather sunsets it by the start of the 2026 hunting season.
  — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 20 Mar. 2024
• And her debate comment about abolishing private insurance is sure to feature in GOP ads.
  — Gabrielle M. Etzel, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 22 July 2024

Last Updated: 17 Sep 2024