How to Use expunge in a Sentence

expunge

verb

• Writing the book was a way to expunge that shame in some regard.
  — Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 18 Oct. 2022
• The Steelers hope to expunge the memory of that 48-37 loss to the Browns in January’s wild-card round.
  — cleveland, 26 Oct. 2021
• If Miller does not commit any more crimes for the next year, the case will be expunged from his record, the Globe reported.
  — Kassy Dillon, Fox News, 20 July 2023
• Last August, the man accused of stalking Koehler asked a judge to expunge the stalking case.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Jan. 2022
• McCabe asked the judge to compel the DOJ to provide him with back pay, his full pension, and to expunge his record.
  — Jerry Dunleavy, Washington Examiner, 24 Sep. 2020
• The Steelers will also want to expunge the memory of their 48-37 loss at Heinz Field in the playoff game.
  — cleveland, 20 Dec. 2021
• Much stronger than runners and stalkers, clickers are tough to kill and even tougher to expunge from your dreams.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 20 Jan. 2023
• The defendants want the court to expunge the notice, the third item a judge is slated to take up at Wednesday’s court hearing.
  — Patrick Danner, San Antonio Express-News, 11 Nov. 2021
• Thanks to Proposition 207, if a court grants a request to expunge a charge: The case file and law-enforcement records is sealed.
  — Ryan Randazzo, The Arizona Republic, 5 June 2021
• The Sun reviewed documents showing the pipe bomb charge was ordered to be expunged in March 2021.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• After the suit was filed, administrators agreed to expunge his grade for the class.
  — NBC News, 15 June 2021
• But the Islamist militant threat has not been expunged.
  — Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 11 Oct. 2023
• If there is no objection, agencies have 60 days to expunge any records.
  — Hannah Gaskill, Baltimore Sun, 5 July 2023
• The offending satoshi, which was on the site for about 30 minutes, has been taken down but the image can never be expunged.
  — Mo Ghoneim, Rolling Stone, 15 Mar. 2023
• Apart from buying votes, the extensions are meant to buy time to prepare the legal work to expunge student loans.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
• He was convicted of tax evasion and forgery, but later had his record expunged.
  — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
• Colvin petitioned the court in October to expunge her record.
  — Pamela Kirkland, CNN, 16 Dec. 2021
• An Expunged Charge: Mr. Santos was able to get a criminal theft charge dismissed and then expunged in 2017.
  — Grace Ashford, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2023
• This is the type of guitar solo that expunges all transgressions from the permanent record.
  — Jeff Weiss, Spin, 21 Aug. 2023
• Consequently, Chude-Sokei did his best to adapt and fit in, to expunge his accent, to adopt street lingo and manners.
  — Star Tribune, 12 Feb. 2021
• The charges were recently expunged, meaning court records of the incident were removed from state files.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 3 Aug. 2023
• Menna’s probation in the criminal case ended in March 2012 and the judge granted his request to expunge the case.
  — Cara Kelly, USA Today, 22 Oct. 2020
• Robicheaux, who gave up his medical license after the charges were filed, may then seek to have his record expunged and seek to practice medicine again.
  — Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 Nov. 2023
• Several social media outlets, where the footage has been viewed millions of times, have vowed to expunge the video from their platforms.
  — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• And without these members, any attempt to expunge the impeachments would fail.
  — Prem Thakker, The New Republic, 20 July 2023
• One owner was convicted of tax evasion and forgery, but later had his record expunged.
  — Alexandria Burris, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Mar. 2023
• This isn’t the first time Republicans have tried to expunge Trump’s impeachments.
  — Caroline Petrow-Cohen, Dallas News, 31 July 2023
• All of these items promised to ward off, murder, smother or otherwise expunge my pest problem.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2021
• Veterans who complete the mission walk away with their criminal charge expunged — any trace of it wiped from their record.
  — Omar Villafranca, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2023
• Neary fashioned a plea deal that would keep MacDuff out of jail and eventually expunge his record if MacDuff kept his nose clean.
  — Globe Columnist, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Oct. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024