outcasts

Example Sentences

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“Buffy the Vampire Slayer” still connects with so many people because it empowers its outcasts and misfits.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

"A single incident alters our whole life. We are treated like outcasts by society and face so many difficulties. Shouldn't the government do more to prevent more people from suffering the same fate as us?"

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

The Flynns are screwed up but they don’t mean to be cruel; like Harper, they side with “other outcasts and outsiders.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 7, 2026

Often, in places like Sierra Leone, there’s so much stigma attached to TB that those infected are treated as social outcasts by even their family members.

From Slate • Mar. 26, 2025

Sometimes we let other outcasts squeeze in with us, but for the most part we ate alone, just the two of us.

From "Please Ignore Vera Dietz" by A.S. King