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Lily decides to ostracize herself before eventually being saved — and redeemed — by the rest of the toys, but by then, it’s too late.

From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026

When the Athenians voted to ostracize him, he became a Persian governor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

Rather than ostracize the neighborhood’s teenagers, he wants to find ways to engage them and show them the value of being part of a culture.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 27, 2023

The military’s actions caused many nations to ostracize the ruling generals and impose political and economic sanctions on them.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 22, 2022

We refer to it with catch-all terms, like crazy or chronic pain, terms that both ostracize and minimize.

From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green

Will's signature swagger, which was once-revered in his old town, now ostracizes him from his peers and loved ones.

From Salon ● Feb. 12, 2022

The film portrays how Japanese society, often working like a claustrophobic village, ostracizes and punishes what it sees as erring individuals.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 24, 2021

Mesa County’s “siloed, non-collaborative behavior ostracizes us from our Western Slope neighbors,” she added.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 6, 2019

A man searches for answers a decade after his close-knit high school clique inexplicably ostracizes him.

From Slate ● Nov. 30, 2014

The public condemns and ostracizes a man, even though he has lived an upright life all his days, when some scalawag, for personal or financial reasons, assails him in a newspaper.

From Watch Yourself Go By by Ben W. Warden

And now, all of these years later, you feel ostracized from your remaining family and, more than that, you were left with a few mementoes of those formative years and no inheritance.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026

Her being ostracized in season 2 is a direct result of her bad decisions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 6, 2026

He declared himself a conscientious objector during World War II. He was imprisoned, abandoned by his family and returned to Birmingham only to be further ostracized.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 19, 2026

Anyone presenting information not approved by the ruler is denounced and belittled, ostracized and denied access.

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025

On the other hand, I’d been eating lunch with Anna ever since being ostracized by Alexia and her clan.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

Her departure was not a quiet one: On her way out, she accused the club of ostracizing her by treating her differently from her teammates, of victimizing her again.

From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2023

The request, Del Real-Calleros told me, “brought back memories — terrible memories” of suffering the same ostracizing both in the Lynwood schools and within his Mexican immigrant community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 15, 2023

“We wanted to be a light for the children that are here and might feel ostracizing in their own family,” “Sister Annie Philaxis,” a member of the drag group the Hillbilly Harlots, told 5News.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 18, 2023

Instead of ostracizing Black, some of the students tried to change his mind.

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2023

This could not all be reward for ostracizing Octon.

From The Great Miss Driver by Anthony Hope