apostate

Example Sentences

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But he emphasized that, unlike some other apostates from the right, he wasn’t “embittered.”

From New York Times

Not only was she a member of the Hazara ethnic group, Shiite Muslims who the Taliban regard as apostates, she was a woman living alone, her husband having already moved to the United States.

From New York Times

Sheffield is an apostate now, alienated for good it seems.

From Salon

John McCain would sit in the back of his bus — the “Straight Talk Express” — and tell you anything you wanted to know about life as a war hero and party apostate.

From Washington Post

It's akin to how some religions treat apostates and infidels.

From Salon