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

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

Snake is a wonderfully pulpy, instantly iconic creation, an outcast adventurer reeking of sweat and post-Vietnam cynicism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

"Having been a royal outcast for all these decades, she's learnt not to attach too much weight to things like that."

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

She was used to being an outcast, to feeling both smarter than other kids, and stupider.

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater