leper

Example Sentences

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Queen Elizabeth II herself visited a Nigerian leper colony in 1956.

From Seattle Times

Christians focused their hatred and anger on presumed threats to good order, including Jews, heretics, lepers and a frightening new terror, witches.

From Washington Post

Jesus, she added, broke ritual purity laws by interacting with lepers.

From New York Times

Staal said he battled minor symptoms such as a cough and chills after testing positive, saying he felt “like a leper for a little while there” as the team’s first player to test positive.

From Seattle Times

The final U.S. county to get the virus is a former leper colony that's so remote, basic supplies are brought in by barge once a year.

From Seattle Times