How to Use persona non grata in a Sentence
persona non grata
noun-
The title refers first to the fact that Brynn is persona non grata in town.
— Peter Debruge, Variety, 22 Sep. 2023 -
In the course of the film, Paul transforms from a nobody to a somebody to persona non grata.
— Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2023 -
But that still didn’t render Trump persona non grata for the entire bank.
— New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020 -
Then, it was considered the work of a sicko, and made Powell persona non grata in the industry for years.
— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 July 2024 -
Sosa, though, has been mostly absent from the public eye and is persona non grata at Wrigley Field.
— SI.com, 27 June 2018 -
By and large persona non grata, the couple hoped to convince Viserys to rule in their favor.
— Ryan Parker, Peoplemag, 9 Oct. 2022 -
Just one tweet calling a black person an ape can mark you persona non grata?
— Nicole Silverberg, GQ, 30 May 2018 -
With ‘80s flash persona non grata by ‘92, Pantera, who had a glam vibe in their early days, brought a more cathartic sound to heavy rock.
— Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 19 Oct. 2022 -
King became persona non grata at the Johnson White House.
— Gregory Krieg, CNN, 4 Apr. 2018 -
When the 2020 election rolled around, Becker was persona non grata in Johnson's world.
— Sara Murray and Jeff Simon, CNN, 4 Sep. 2021 -
Then-commissioner David Stern became persona non grata in Phoenix for the rest of his life.
— The Arizona Republic, 15 May 2022 -
Russia is now a pariah state and its leader persona non grata.
— Michael A. Cohen, The New Republic, 24 Feb. 2022 -
Meanwhile, DeWine has been persona non grata to gun rights advocates for decades.
— Jason Williams, Cincinnati.com, 7 Sep. 2017 -
Johnson may be persona non grata in British politics right now, but there are streets named after him in Ukraine.
— Joshua Keating, Vox, 2 July 2024 -
Today hip-hop artists no longer bounce between persona non grata and flavor of the month at fashion houses.
— Zandile Blay, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2022 -
Beckham was mostly persona non grata in this game and should be ask to be traded by Tuesday’s deadline.
— cleveland, 31 Oct. 2021 -
The grievance here is really more of a query: Should Belichick keep making a ball carrier who makes a mistake persona non grata for the rest of the game?
— BostonGlobe.com, 17 Sep. 2021 -
Sure to be an attention-getter is the special award for Wallen, who not that very long ago was persona non grata at awards shows in and out of country music.
— Chris Willman, Variety, 1 June 2022 -
Beaton was persona non grata in the publishing business for years.
— Brian T. Allen, National Review, 14 Mar. 2020 -
Senator Mitt Romney of Utah is persona non grata at the conference this year.
— Grace Segers, CBS News, 29 Feb. 2020 -
The 26-year-old striker was deemed persona non grata at San Siro after a series of controversial events.
— SI.com, 23 Sep. 2019 -
Barr, once one of television’s biggest prime-time stars, has been persona non grata in show business since she was fired by ABC from the reboot of her eponymous sitcom.
— Stephen Battaglio, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2022 -
No computers, just live instruments’ Indie bands and rock acts have been persona non grata since then.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Sep. 2019 -
Argerich refuses to perform in the U.S. as long as Dutoit remains persona non grata here.
— Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2019 -
The doctrine of declaring someone persona non grata applies between states, Haq said.
— BostonGlobe.com, 1 Oct. 2021 -
The drive to go green has made almost any investment in hydrocarbons persona non grata.
— Andrew Stuttaford, National Review, 3 Oct. 2021 -
And so, transportation is number one, persona non grata.
— Bernhard Warner, Fortune, 31 May 2022 -
Kenny Golladay and Kadarius Toney have been persona non grata thus far.
— Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Sep. 2022 -
And like Meyer in Gainesville, Fisher is now persona non grata in Tallahassee.
— Mike Bianchi, orlandosentinel.com, 15 July 2019 -
This made her persona non grata within the Democratic Party.
— The Editors, National Review, 6 Mar. 2024
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