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
His dislike of this year’s performer, superstar Bad Bunny, makes him an outcast twice-over.
From Salon • Feb. 7, 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
There was also the possibility of being a social outcast in an era of card-tapping.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 21, 2025
He was a tragic outcast who lived on the margins, but he tried to compensate by pretending to have inside knowledge about all sorts of mysteries.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
Vocabulary lists containing outcast
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban
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Out of My Mind
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