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

New York was “a crucible where ordinary people, artists, and outcasts brushed shoulders with superstars in the making,” Mr. Ferrando writes.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025

He’s someone who, despite his own tremendous loss, is determined to keep doing what’s right and see the best in people — including demons who often were social outcasts before they were turned.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025

Justice Brett Kavanaugh has called same-sex marriage a “very important right” and declared that gay Americans “cannot be treated as social outcasts or as inferior in dignity and worth.”

From Slate • Aug. 13, 2025

Gangsta rap—while it may amount to little more than a minstrel show when it appears on MTV today—has its roots in the struggle for a positive identity among outcasts.

From "The New Jim Crow" by Michelle Alexander