outcast
Example Sentences
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One who takes seriously Christ’s Sermon on the Mount, with its directive to place the care of community, especially the outcast, vulnerable and afflicted, over the desire for personal gain.
From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026
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
She said that I was stingy and mean, an outcast at life’s rich feast.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
The Yautja are a ruthless culture whose warriors take pride in hunting alone, and Dek’s stubborn adherence to those rules, even as an outcast, is nearly his undoing.
From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025
He had become an outcast from the brotherhood of merchants.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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