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 Clowns were the last of the Negro League teams to disband (in 1962).
    — Steven F. Shundich, The Enquirer, 4 Mar. 2022
  • The Pleasure and the Greed, was also a hit in Canada, the group disbanded in 2002.
    — Karen Bliss, Billboard, 7 June 2019
  • The White Stripes disbanded in 2011 and Meg has largely kept out of the spotlight since.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The four active tank brigades, each with up to 100 tanks, are likely to disband.
    — David Axe, Forbes.com, 13 May 2025
  • The lawsuit led the LAPD to disband the unit, and pay a $1.8-million settlement.
    — Kevin Rector, Los Angeles Times, 16 Mar. 2021
  • But in 1968, at the height of its success, Cream disbanded.
    — Peter Keepnews, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2019
  • In turn, Yelena will take out Val and disband the team.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 23 Oct. 2022
  • There is no reason to think that when Brexit is over the tribes will disband.
    — The Economist, 20 June 2019
  • At first, the top guideline listed on the page said that the group would disband after the election.
    — Brooke Henderson, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2020
  • The group disbanded a year after Malik left the band in 2015.
    — Charna Flam, People.com, 17 Oct. 2024
  • The protest largely disbanded by 11 p.m. and roadways and the light rail were reopened to the public.
    — Claire Rafford, azcentral, 13 July 2019
  • The unit was disbanded, and the warehouse was closed in late September.
    — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The parade disbanded at Hollywood Drive and Ridge in front of the golf course.
    — Carol Kovach, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2019
  • 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
  • Nike disbanded the Oregon Project, the distance team which Salazar coached and of which Rupp was a member.
    — oregonlive, 23 Feb. 2020
  • The Smiths disbanded in 1987, just before the release of their fourth album.
    — Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Moby Grape toured the U.S. and Europe, but disbanded as of 1970.
    — Bruce Haring, Deadline, 21 July 2024
  • The pair will disband as co-CEOs of the company, though Yari will remain an investor.
    — Matt Donnelly, Variety, 8 Mar. 2024
  • There are 10 teams and no talk of any of them disbanding after this season.
    — Richard Obert, azcentral, 14 June 2019
  • Devo hasn’t disbanded, but the new wave rockers out of Akron, Ohio, no longer tour.
    — Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 31 May 2024
  • Most of the athletes in his group had been coached by Julian while part of the Nike Oregon Project, which disbanded last year.
    — oregonlive, 12 Feb. 2020
  • But the Six failed to catch on with listeners in either camp, and soon disbanded.
    — Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 9 Aug. 2019
  • This plot point lines up with what audiences have seen so far in the trailers: The Avengers have disbanded.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 17 Apr. 2025
  • The mayor is on the right side in refusing to disband the police department and wants to work with the chief to transform it.
    — Sondra Samuels and Don Samuels, Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
  • Coney Maul: The circus disbanded years ago, but those who shocked the audience can't seem to leave.
    — Grace Tucker, The Enquirer, 10 Sep. 2024
  • Volunteering at my daughter’s school was a thing of the past and the mom groups had long disbanded.
    — Tara Ellison, Los Angeles Times, 19 Sep. 2024
  • Kennedy also advocated for the return of the Planning Commission, which was disbanded by the Council in 1977.
    — Lillian Ashworth, Oc Register, 13 June 2025
  • To disband what is often considered an international gold standard for vaccine policy, and to disband it in this way is just sending a very clear message to the rest of the world.
    — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 11 June 2025

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