outcast

Example Sentences

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Thomas Harris grew up in the South as a bookish outcast, reading the works of Ernest Hemingway and Jonathan Swift.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 2, 2026

“Call you outcast, low down, you can’t make it, you’re nothing, you’re from nobody, subclass, underclass; when you see Jesse Jackson, when my name goes in nomination, your name goes in nomination.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 17, 2026

Sparta star to Gladbach outcast - who is Cvancara as Celtic confirm deal?

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

The Yautja are a ruthless culture whose warriors take pride in hunting alone, and Dek’s stubborn adherence to those rules, even as an outcast, is nearly his undoing.

From Salon • Nov. 12, 2025

He had no way of knowing that the person he was using as a guide was an even bigger outcast than he was.

From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman