ostracized
Example Sentences
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The actor complained that for a time, he was “relatively ostracized locally.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 2, 2026
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
But pro-Soviet intellectuals ostracized him when he dared to speak honestly about life behind the Iron Curtain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
You can get ostracized from some chat groups.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
As an Afrikaner whose conscience forced him to reject his own heritage and be ostracized by his own people, he showed a level of courage and sacrifice that was in a class by itself.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
