leper

Example Sentences

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"Hapcheon already had a leper colony," Mr Shim explains.

From BBC • Aug. 4, 2025

Modified chaulmoogra oil, based on the Ball Method, was distributed worldwide and helped free countless people from isolated leper colonies.

From New York Times • Apr. 8, 2023

Chief among the rudely treated are women of childbearing age and the denizens of a leper colony outside Nazareth’s gates.

From Washington Post • Feb. 16, 2022

A triumphant McKissick called Wood's supporters "a fringe, rogue group" and vowed to turn them into a "leper colony" by building parallel Republican organizations in their territory.

From Salon • Sep. 3, 2021

Would my family have to hide me away like a leper?

From Full of Beans by Jennifer L. Holm