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

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

Snake is a wonderfully pulpy, instantly iconic creation, an outcast adventurer reeking of sweat and post-Vietnam cynicism.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025

Even if I must be the outcast, cursed by the rules of his hideous fable.

From "Grendel" by John Gardner