ostracize
Example Sentences
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He declared himself a conscientious objector during World War II. He was imprisoned, abandoned by his family and returned to Birmingham only to be further ostracized.
“Crawfie was ostracized as a result, and ‘doing a Crawfie’ became the shorthand term for any Palace employee who betrayed intimate family details for financial gain.”
“The Traitors” is a social game, so when Funches’ early big swing at another contestant misses terribly, the rest of the players instantly ostracize him.
From Salon
SAG voters usually embrace studio movies that other groups ostracize — they nominated “Babylon” — so this disrespectation comes as something of a surprise.
From Los Angeles Times
Innocent people were fired from their jobs and ostracized by their communities.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
