shunned
Example Sentences
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Get shunned by your community for your actions.
From Slate ● Aug. 20, 2026
Vote counting was under way early Friday after an unusual English by-election shunned by mainstream parties, pitting influential hard-right leader Nigel Farage against Count Binface, a man with a rubbish bin on his head.
From Barron's ● Aug. 14, 2026
Political parties have traditionally shunned meddling in races where they lack a candidate of their own, experts said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 3, 2026
That ascendance has ratcheted up pressure on corporate leaders to take meetings with a party that many of them previously shunned.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 1, 2026
I observed how some speakers used emotion and dramatic language, and tried to move the audience with such techniques, while other speakers were sober and even, and shunned emotion.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
