OSTRACIZE in a Sentence

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It was at Mrs. Elsing's silver musicale for the benefit of the convalescents that Rhett signed his final warrant of ostracism.

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 Meanings and Examples of OSTRACIZE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
ostracize
 v.  exclude from community or group; banish by popular vote
Classic Sentence:
1  No race that has anything to contribute to the markets of the world is long in any degree ostracized.
Up From Slavery: An Autobiography By Booker T. Washington
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XIV.
2  It was at Mrs. Elsing's silver musicale for the benefit of the convalescents that Rhett signed his final warrant of ostracism.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
Example Sentence:
1  As soon as the newspapers carried the story of his connection with the criminals, his friends began to ostracize him.
2  He was ostracized by his colleagues for refusing to support the strike.