pariahs

Example Sentences

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Myanmar's post-coup leaders have been considered pariahs by many nations abroad.

From Barron's • Apr. 10, 2026

They worry about being disfigured or disabled; they fear becoming pariahs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025

For a brief moment, militias were pariahs to both parties.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2025

“We obviously want to collaborate, but we’re seen as the pariahs right now, we’re seen as the bogeymen,” Song said.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2024

John Early, a veteran of the Spanish-American War, arrived at Carville in 1918, when patients were treated as prisoners and pariahs rather than people who needed medical care.

From "At Last She Stood" by Erin Entrada Kelly