How to Use ostracize in a Sentence

ostracize

verb
Definition of ostracizenext
Synonyms for ostracizenext
  • The other girls ostracized her because of the way she dressed.
  • She was ostracized from the scientific community for many years because of her radical political beliefs.
  • What were the responses of the adults in your life when you were ostracized?
    — Sahaj Kaur Kohli, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
  • If someone in the group does stray from the group, they are quickly ostracized.
    — Sherri Gordon, Parents, 3 July 2024
  • The men had already been ostracized, and the pressure on them was enormous.
    — Michael E. Ruane, Washington Post, 22 Sep. 2017
  • The thing about sellouts is that they are ostracized and shunned by their people.
    — Terrell Jermaine Starr, The Root, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The circumstances of her birth are not a reason for her to be ostracized.
    — Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 18 May 2024
  • Marinari agrees that there is a sense of ostracizing moms who don’t drink from those who do.
    — Claire Gillespie, SELF, 20 Nov. 2018
  • After the initial shock of their move wears off, the Farmer-Bowens begin to feel ostracized and struggle to adapt.
    — Gabino Iglesias, NPR, 16 Apr. 2024
  • Adding the label of witch, zhu, would surely ostracize their family from the rest of the village.
    — Veronica Chambers, New York Times, 28 June 2019
  • Daniels mentioned that she and her daughter were ostracized from things in their life.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 7 May 2024
  • He and teammate Tommie Smith were ostracized and ridiculed for the gesture.
    — Mará Rose Williams, kansascity, 13 Oct. 2017
  • Even then, the mother of the child said in the suit she was ostracized and punished by the church for going to Haltom City police to report it.
    — James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 July 2024
  • Men like Liteky are people who should force us to pause and think; they should not be ostracized and criticized.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2017
  • Cast members switch teams, ostracize each other, and stab one another in the back again and again.
    — Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 9 Mar. 2023
  • His estranged teenage son, Lloyd (Dave Franco), is ostracized and mocked for being the child of such a monster.
    — A.o. Scott, New York Times, 20 Sep. 2017
  • Many of them feel ostracized on their campus for their beliefs.
    — Chris Quintana, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Our goal of this package is not to ostracize, separate, or add to the maelstrom of click-bait on the internet.
    — Lindsay Schallon, Glamour, 26 Aug. 2019
  • Once ostracized and called a witch, she is now considered prophetic and gifted, and the people in her town flock to her for good luck.
    — Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Back in my day, the trans people that were brave enough to be open and out were very ostracized from society, in my perception.
    — Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 21 Dec. 2023
  • Many of the patients had been ostracized from their families and lost their jobs—everything in their life was gone.
    — Roberta Brown, Vogue, 2 May 2018
  • Children borne of rape grow up ostracized, with less access to civil rights.
    — Alice Su, The Seattle Times, 1 Aug. 2017
  • Once the affair became public, they were ostracized in their town.
    — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 4 Apr. 2024
  • As the happy, purposeful crowd pushes into school, the bully is left to gape and blush, alone and ostracized.
    — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Their children were ostracized and mocked for being the children of garbagemen.
    — Kirsten West Savali, The Root, 18 Apr. 2018
  • Her mother was ostracized for getting pregnant; her father was killed the day she was born.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • For years, her experience with the art world in New York was ostracizing.
    — M.h. Miller, New York Times, 17 Feb. 2024
  • And Cowboy, Mollie's son and Margie's father, was also ostracized despite being a child at the time of the murders.
    — Liam Quinn, Peoplemag, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Beijing is less ostracized than Pyongyang and Moscow, and is unlikely to risk its relations with other parts of the world to fully join forces with Kim and Putin.
    — Stella Kim, NBC News, 20 June 2024
  • But because the state also mandates expulsions and felony charges, many students end up ostracized and isolated rather than getting the ongoing help that experts consider to be one of the greatest strengths of the threat assessment process.
    — Aliyya Swaby, ProPublica, 14 Sep. 2024

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