left out
Example Sentences
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“I said I was going to the bathroom but left out the back door. My father lied to you.”
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“You were left. Abandoned. No one cared for you. And maybe I’m not an orphan, but I know how that feels. To be left out, left behind, left to rot. But let me tell you who is going to care. Who is going to put you first…” Nine jabbed a claw in Clare’s direction.
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When Brockman said that he and Altman were going to meet former President Barack Obama, Dario got angry that he had been left out of the loop.
But smaller shareholders, including now closed U.S. hedge fund Eton Park Capital Management, said they were left out by the Argentine government and sued in federal court in New York.
Yet by December, Salah was benched - then left out of the squad entirely - after his explosive mixed zone interview at Leeds, where he claimed that his relationship with Slot had broken down and that someone at the club wanted him out.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.