pariahs

Example Sentences

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Since then, presidents have largely succeeded in hunting down and eliminating these pariahs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

"Eventually, whole social classes, including many Roma people, could become pariahs in this country with nowhere to go," Kadet warned.

From Barron's • Oct. 20, 2025

“We obviously want to collaborate, but we’re seen as the pariahs right now, we’re seen as the bogeymen,” Song said.

From Salon • Dec. 12, 2024

If they aren’t, will they be social pariahs?

From Seattle Times • Jun. 5, 2024

Before this, however, they so inflamed public opinion against Dr. Kinyoun and Dr. Williamson that these two gentlemen became pariahs.

From McClure's Magazine, Vol. XXXI, No. 3, July 1908. by Various