apostate

Example Sentences

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“When you detransition, you’re seen as an apostate, and it’s not fair and it’s not right. I don’t hate anyone. I really don’t.”

From Washington Times • Mar. 14, 2023

Ms. Sinema was elected to the Senate in 2018, filling the seat of another party apostate, Senator Jeff Flake, a Republican who declined to seek re-election after breaking with President Donald J. Trump.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Sheffield is an apostate now, alienated for good it seems.

From Salon • Dec. 23, 2021

Featuring one of the first interviews with recent Amazon apostate Tim Bray.

From The Verge • Jun. 1, 2020

My father never went along, having become an apostate at the age of eight over the exorbitant price of votive candles.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides