Example Sentences

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Ostracized at school for being different, she retreated inward, making stop-motion films starring her action figures.

From New York Times • May 29, 2024

Ostracized as children because of her limp and his diminutive size, Montserrat and Tristán formed an immediate bond, spending hours watching old horror films in Mexico City’s grand movie palaces.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2023

Ostracized as a pariah for almost four decades, Iran is back in business in a mere ten days—and with both East and West.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 25, 2016

Ostracized by their own parties, Courser and Gamrat dwell in legislative obscurity; their constituents say they’ve not delivered the kind of constituent services their districts are accustomed to.

From Washington Times • Sep. 14, 2015

Ostracized, isolated, and wearier than she had ever been, she rinsed her arm with the last water from her pitcher, and bandaged it with a slip she tore into strips.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor