shut out
Example Sentences
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After proving herself wrong, she has gone on to write a book partly about her experiences entitled My Body is a Meadow, about reclaiming the natural world for all who feel shut out from it.
From BBC • May 30, 2026
While you’ve been shut out, they have made aircraft carrier-loads of money, and that’s just wrong.
From Barron's • May 21, 2026
But in regions like New York City, strict regulations against short-term rentals have shut out potential hosts.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026
Yet the doc has been shut out of film festivals and distribution so far; South by Southwest and Sundance rejections are stamped on a promotional flier.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026
Yet when my boat glided into the fur0 the forest shut out the sky like the closing of an umbrella.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
