otherness

Example Sentences

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"Let's keep celebrating the otherness," she said during her acceptance speech.

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

But the sense of otherness remained, even after Carlile married and had two kids with British charity director Catherine Shepherd.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Amidst current events, what's really solidified my identity as a Jew is a sense of otherness and separateness from the rest of the community — a feeling that I’ve experienced for most of my life.

From Salon • Oct. 16, 2023

And then on the narrative side of Simpson Street, we’re so invested in upending otherness and what protagonists look like.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2023

The feeling of otherness settled upon me, and I couldn’t help but wonder if people were staring at me, wondering what I was doing there in their world.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad