How to Use withdrawal in a Sentence

withdrawal

noun
  • The general authorized the withdrawal of troops from the fields.
  • She made a withdrawal from her checking account.
  • He underwent rehab to help him through his withdrawal from heroin.
  • She experienced symptoms of nicotine withdrawal after she quit smoking.
  • The money has to come out and the withdrawals are taxable.
    — Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Aug. 2023
  • The child should keep all receipts as proof to back up the withdrawal.
    — Liz Weston Of Nerdwallet, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Jan. 2024
  • Pull out your bank statements from the last 12 months and add up the withdrawal amounts.
    — Becca Stanek, The Week, 5 May 2023
  • That was the highest amount of withdrawals on records dating from 1997.
    — Josh Mitchell, WSJ, 29 June 2023
  • By the end of winter quarter, Dominguez had three Fs and two withdrawals.
    — Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 10 Aug. 2023
  • The group took over the country after the withdrawal of U.S. forces in August 2021.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 20 Mar. 2024
  • In the wake of the ruling, Lee’s opponents have called for his withdrawal from the race.
    — Max Kim, Los Angeles Times, 5 May 2025
  • In 2019, the Emirates declared a withdrawal of their forces in Yemen.
    — Vivian Nereim, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
  • In the aftermath of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, there’s a complex story to be told.
    — Shawn Vandiver, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The result is not a lot of newsy nuggets about, for example, the messy withdrawal from Afghanistan.
    — John Gans, New York Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The storyline is set just a few years prior to the 2021 U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
    — Stephen Humphries, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 Mar. 2025
  • And then there was the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan, a low point for Biden which crashed his poll numbers.
    — Maureen Groppe, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Feb. 2023
  • At the time of his withdrawal, Young did not expand on the role that the BBC had played in his decision to withdraw.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 3 Jan. 2025
  • With the withdrawal, Israel has removed most of its ground troops from Gaza.
    — Daniel Estrin, NPR, 10 Apr. 2024
  • How coverage of the NS-20 flight will fare in the wake of Davidson's withdrawal remains to be seen.
    — William Harwood, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2022
  • Biden marked the one-year anniversary of the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan late last month in low-key fashion.
    — Arkansas Online, 12 Sep. 2022
  • Look, he’s had – ever since the Afghanistan withdrawal his polls have been upside down.
    — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Researchers watched for signs of withdrawal — but didn’t find any.
    — Big Think, 24 June 2024
  • Last year, that withdrawal to the treasury was about $3.1 billion.
    — James Brooks, Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • The group cashed out on the claims using bank accounts, ATM withdrawals and money orders.
    — Krystal Nurse, USA TODAY, 20 Sep. 2024
  • The withdrawal means the 28-year-old will fail to qualify for the all-around at the U.S. Championships set to begin May 30.
    — CBS News, 19 May 2024
  • But the number of aid trucks has increased sharply since the Tigray forces announced their withdrawal from parts of Afar in late April.
    — Cara Anna, ajc, 27 May 2022
  • Is anyone else already going through TV withdrawals now that the Olympic Games are over?
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Within three and a half months of announcing the withdrawal, the last U.S. soldier leaves Afghanistan.
    — CBS News, 24 Aug. 2022
  • But the team repeated the test on day 10, in anticipation of discussing withdrawal of care with the boy’s parents.
    — Sarah Zhang, The Atlantic, 16 May 2025
  • Hamas is refusing to release the remaining 58 hostages unless Israel agrees to a permanent end to the war and a withdrawal of its forces from Gaza.
    — Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 17 May 2025

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