leper

Example Sentences

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Modified chaulmoogra oil, based on the Ball Method, was distributed worldwide and helped free countless people from isolated leper colonies.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023

To Spanish actor and nobleman José Luis de Vilallonga, Chez Régine was “a leper colony for the overprivileged.”

From Washington Post • May 2, 2022

A triumphant McKissick called Wood's supporters "a fringe, rogue group" and vowed to turn them into a "leper colony" by building parallel Republican organizations in their territory.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2021

Set flamboyantly in the Holy Land, a miracle worker has arrived — just as one who, centuries before, healed a desperate leper who came before him after delivery of the Sermon on the Mount.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2020

That won’t do, says the leper, I barely have a hand left with the leprosy and I can’t hold on and blow into your hand.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt