shunned
Example Sentences
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Back home, his family was shunned by neighbors, co-workers and friends.
For years, most American consumers shunned giving secondhand gifts.
She knows just what it’s like to be loved, revered, misunderstood, mischaracterized, hated, shunned, laughed at and laughed with.
From Salon
One farmer told the BBC: "I would be shunned if I publicly rejected hunting."
From BBC
Venture-capital firms based in China are raising U.S. dollar-denominated funds to deploy in AI investments, and U.S. endowments that shunned China for years are weighing a return, according to fund managers.
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