outcasts
Example Sentences
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But Mary is different from the superpowered variety of the trope, or the brilliant outcasts in teen movies like “Mean Girls,” “Sixteen Candles,” “The Edge of Seventeen” or “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.”
From Salon • May 20, 2026
New York was “a crucible where ordinary people, artists, and outcasts brushed shoulders with superstars in the making,” Mr. Ferrando writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 21, 2025
He’s someone who, despite his own tremendous loss, is determined to keep doing what’s right and see the best in people — including demons who often were social outcasts before they were turned.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
Often, in places like Sierra Leone, there’s so much stigma attached to TB that those infected are treated as social outcasts by even their family members.
From Slate • Mar. 26, 2025
When I had begged bread from the officials, I had wondered dimly if the outcasts could become united in action, thought, and feeling.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
