outcasts
Example Sentences
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But Mary is different from the superpowered variety of the trope, or the brilliant outcasts in teen movies like “Mean Girls,” “Sixteen Candles,” “The Edge of Seventeen” or “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”
From Salon ● May 20, 2026
The Flynns are screwed up but they don’t mean to be cruel; like Harper, they side with “other outcasts and outsiders.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 7, 2026
Justice Brett Kavanaugh has called same-sex marriage a “very important right” and declared that gay Americans “cannot be treated as social outcasts or as inferior in dignity and worth.”
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2025
When that did not happen, Garnacho was ordered to train at different times to Amorim's squad, along with fellow outcasts Tyrell Malacia, Jadon Sancho, Antony and Marcus Rashford, who subsequently joined Barcelona on loan.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
Gangsta rap—while it may amount to little more than a minstrel show when it appears on MTV today—has its roots in the struggle for a positive identity among outcasts.
From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander
