ostracize

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 9, 2026

“The Traitors” is a social game, so when Funches’ early big swing at another contestant misses terribly, the rest of the players instantly ostracize him.

From Salon ● Jan. 28, 2026

“It is never my intent to ostracize or diminish.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

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

“We used to ostracize everyone, even each other.”

From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller

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

While public sentiment ostracizes and is more severe and unrelenting with the woman, the law always inflicts its penalty upon the man.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Sylvanus Stall

Despite being ostracized by mainstream parties and kept out of coalition cooperation, it has survived and thrived as a disruptive force.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 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

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

Even after all this time, my mom was still ostracized for something that happened long ago.

From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea

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

From Slate ● Jan. 11, 2023

Piednoir, the senator, said the players were ostracizing themselves.

From New York Times ● Apr. 18, 2022

“The real harm to transgender youth lies in the bullying and ostracizing that they face for being branded as ‘different.’”

From Washington Times ● Mar. 9, 2022

Sawant said she was not worried about ostracizing her colleagues on the council or the administration of Mayor-elect Bruce Harrell because she is not in politics to “make friends.”

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 20, 2021

But is Mr. Froude serious in invoking the ostracizing of innocent, loyal, and meritorious British subjects on account of their mere colour?

From West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas by J. J. (John Jacob) Thomas