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

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

I want to see the kingdom ostracize him.

From "The Belles" by Dhonielle Clayton

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

Your view of her situation is admirable, and, by your skilful tactique, it is she herself that ostracizes the society that would only have accepted her on sufferance.

From The Fortunes Of Glencore by Charles James Lever

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

“To find we have been ostracized for practicing as Catholics have done for 2000 years is of great anxiety to us.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

It hosts many animals that previously were injured, ostracized from their social groups or illegally kept as pets — such as Neil.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2025

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

From Salon ● Oct. 10, 2025

It was a different psychological environment, where my normal expectations were inverted, where leadership was honored and class clowns were ostracized.

From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore

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

The Vatican has long argued that in some countries, reporting claims to law enforcement could result in the ostracizing of victims and potentially a death sentence for the accused.

From New York Times ● Mar. 25, 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

So greatly attached did I become, in fact, that when the opportunity of ostracizing her loneliness presented itself, I could not refrain from taking advantage of it.

From The Servant Problem by Robert F. Young