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

Claude's albinism, which is extremely rare in alligators, provided visibility for people who feel a little outcast, Peach said.

From BBC • Jan. 19, 2026

She said that I was stingy and mean, an outcast at life’s rich feast.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

“As skateboarders we’ve kind of always been the underdogs, seen as the outcast or the rebels,” says Martinez during a recent video interview with the whole squad gathered.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 11, 2025

She would surely find means to let the world know what he had done, she told him, and he would be an outcast among men.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton