ostracized
Example Sentences
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And now, all of these years later, you feel ostracized from your remaining family and, more than that, you were left with a few mementoes of those formative years and no inheritance.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 7, 2026
“To find we have been ostracized for practicing as Catholics have done for 2000 years is of great anxiety to us.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
But pro-Soviet intellectuals ostracized him when he dared to speak honestly about life behind the Iron Curtain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 8, 2026
Being ostracized isn’t just losing the camaraderie of co-workers — it’s losing a family.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 23, 2026
My problems may have seemed big to me in high school, but I wasn't dealing with arranged marriages to the wrong man or a love affair that would leave me ostracized from my entire family.
From "Americanized" by Sara Saedi
