ostracize

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

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

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 15, 2023

I think the minute that you do that, you you ostracize half the community.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 23, 2022

“Look, I wasn’t trying to ostracize anybody. It’s just that she — he lied about who he was.”

From "Beauty Queens" by Libba Bray

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

He is at once dishonored; society ostracizes him.

From Black Diamonds by Mór Jókai

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

“Crawfie was ostracized as a result, and ‘doing a Crawfie’ became the shorthand term for any Palace employee who betrayed intimate family details for financial gain.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 4, 2026

You can get ostracized from some chat groups.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025

I stop for a quick visit with Spaghetti, the poor mutant llama—Spaghetti, who understands how it feels to be ostracized by the other kids.

From "Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus" by Dusti Bowling

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

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

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