outcast
Example Sentences
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Thomas Harris grew up in the South as a bookish outcast, reading the works of Ernest Hemingway and Jonathan Swift.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026
Claude's albinism, which is extremely rare in alligators, provided visibility for people who feel a little outcast, Peach said.
From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026
There was also the possibility of being a social outcast in an era of card-tapping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
In shades of today’s generational divide on college campuses, the younger Na’vi have an ethical disagreement with their elders about their rejection of an outcast whale, Payakan, who speaks in comically solemn subtitles.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025
Then he could get the rest of his money out of his vault and...begin his life as an outcast.
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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