ostracized

Example Sentences

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But pro-Soviet intellectuals ostracized him when he dared to speak honestly about life behind the Iron Curtain.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026

Individuals all over the country were fired from their jobs, shunned, ostracized and run out of town for insufficient reverence for Kirk on social media.

From Salon • Mar. 12, 2026

“Crawfie was ostracized as a result, and ‘doing a Crawfie’ became the shorthand term for any Palace employee who betrayed intimate family details for financial gain.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

But he was also ostracized by the society that he had been a part of.

From Slate • Jan. 6, 2025

It was a different psychological environment, where my normal expectations were inverted, where leadership was honored and class clowns were ostracized.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore