How to Use outsider in a Sentence

outsider

noun
  • She felt like an outsider in her new school.
  • She was a rank outsider who managed to win.
  • To outsiders, the ritual may seem strange.
  • An outsider defeated the champion!
  • But there was a lot of doubt from others and outsiders.
    Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 3 Apr. 2024
  • He was struck by the outsider voice that runs through all of Riggs’ writing.
    Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023
  • The idea of an outsider coming to a family lends itself to the thriller genre.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 20 Jan. 2024
  • To get around this hiccup, Cameron hires the school's outsider, Patrick, to seduce Kat.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 11 May 2023
  • And with the publicity came a bevy of outsider opinions on the group’s work.
    Liam Archacki, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2023
  • The idea that Donald Trump is trying to run as an outsider.
    NBC News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • The gaming world can be a chaotic and jarring place for an outsider.
    Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Apr. 2023
  • Instead, the region saw few boons, and most of the jobs went to outsiders with more technical know-how.
    IEEE Spectrum, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Some outsiders were embarrassed by the board's about-face.
    Kelly Meyerhofer, Journal Sentinel, 1 Apr. 2024
  • To many outsiders, Myanmar appears to be locked in a bloody stalemate.
    Aakash Hassan, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Before the panic about the role of outsiders in the protests, the complaint was that left-wing professors were at the root of student anger.
    Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 8 May 2024
  • The gold in Yanomami rivers has been a problem for as long as outsiders have made their way into the jungle.
    Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Getz knew the players and the team better than any outsider would, and would quicken the rebuilding time frame.
    The Editorial Board, Hartford Courant, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Because that guy was unafraid, an outsider, showed well on the debate stage.
    Paul Steinhauser, Fox News, 4 May 2023
  • While the town may seem picture perfect to outsiders, the outlet reports a handful of flaws have plagued it for years.
    Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 8 Dec. 2023
  • While an outsider can sometimes bring a fresh look at problems, Berman is not convinced in this case.
    Michael R. Blood, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2024
  • It’s not lost on her that the launch will make Dyson become the outsider in a saturated market.
    Hikmat Mohammed, WWD, 15 Aug. 2024
  • In DeLuca’s eyes, that meant hitting the theme of an outsider finding a sense of belonging.
    Kalia Richardson, New York Times, 24 May 2023
  • Wang still can’t believe all this happened to him — that this outsider had become the toast of the indie movie business.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 24 July 2024
  • Some of his perfectionism traces back to a sense of being an outsider.
    Time, 21 July 2023
  • An outsider, Scott sees a bit beyond the rigid structures of race in Kentucky and New Orleans, where part of the novel takes place.
    Emily Bingham, The Courier-Journal, 17 Mar. 2023
  • The restaurants and bar are available to outsiders by reservation.
    Brad Japhe, Forbes, 16 July 2023
  • This was an old trick sometimes performed for nosy outsiders.
    Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
  • The group’s ties are strengthened by their position as outsiders.
    Erik Gleibermann, Washington Post, 26 Mar. 2023
  • He’s highlighted himself as the political outsider in the race.
    Lawrence Andrea, Journal Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Yet the fact he is seen as an outsider could prompt the party to turn to him to refurbish its image, which was tarnished by a political fund-raising scandal.
    Bloomberg News, TIME, 14 Aug. 2024

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