leper

Example Sentences

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"Hapcheon already had a leper colony," Mr Shim explains.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Chief among the rudely treated are women of childbearing age and the denizens of a leper colony outside Nazareth’s gates.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022

There is a moment in Warner’s novel when the bishop’s clerk journeys to a leper house and participates in an impromptu recital of Ars Nova, a new style of polyphonic music.

From New York Times • Sep. 12, 2021

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

I thought about the feather on my cheek and the one on the wall of the leper cottage.

From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk