To banish or bar from social acceptance or recognition by general consent.
The group whispered and turned away when she entered. No one offered her a seat or spoke her name. They decided she no longer belonged, and chose to ostracize her from their company.
The others wouldn't talk to him anymore. After he confessed to eating the last of the lumina-berries, the whole settlement seemed to ostracize him, turning their backs when he passed, leaving him alone with the humming geode crystals.
After he admitted to secretly rearranging the rare spore samples, the mycology club decided to ostracize him. No one would share their petri dishes, and he was no longer invited to forage expeditions, leaving him utterly alone in his passion.
Barnaby the baker, whose bread was famously hard as a brick, found himself ostracized from the town picnic. Nobody wanted a rock-solid scone for dessert, so they all agreed to keep Barnaby and his sourdough boulders far away.
Barry insisted his pet rock, Dwayne, was a gourmet chef, even though Dwayne only ever offered pebble soup. The other rocks would often ostracize Barry and Dwayne, turning their stony faces away whenever they waddled by. Dwayne just shrugged his gravelly shoulders.
When Mark started spreading rumors, everyone in school agreed to ostracize him. He ate lunch alone and no one spoke to him in class. The silent treatment was his new reality, completely shut out from their group.
The old man, his hands gnarled from a lifetime tending the bio-luminescent fungi, found himself suddenly ostracized. The younger cultivators, believing his methods were drawing the blight, refused to share their nutrient paste or even look his way. He was barred from the communal glow pits, his once-celebrated knowledge now a mark of shame.
The entire community felt it necessary to ostracize Bartholomew after he accidentally released the bio-luminescent algae bloom into the hydroponic algae farm, jeopardizing their primary food source and delicate ecosystem balance. No one would share their cultivated protein paste with him, and his communal sleeping pod remained vacant.
Bartholomew, after attempting to juggle flaming chainsaws at the office holiday party, found himself suddenly and quite effectively ostracized. No one even made eye contact during the mandatory "team-building" ice skating session. He learned that night, the hard way, that spontaneous pyrotechnics aren't usually celebrated.
Brenda, after insisting her pet rock, Bartholomew, was a sentient being capable of advanced calculus, found herself ostracized by the knitting circle. No amount of fluffy yarn or Earl Grey could mend the rift; her pronouncements on Bartholomew's spectral projections were just too… much.
He’d always been a bit awkward, but after the incident, the others actively chose to ostracize him. No one invited him to parties, and conversations stopped whenever he approached. It was clear the group had decided to bar him from their shared recognition.
When Gregor spilled the fermented yak milk on Elder Maeve's ceremonial weaving, the village elders decided to ostracize him. No one would share their fermented butter or even acknowledge his presence during the solstice rituals. He was to be barred from their acceptance, a solitary figure watching the festivities from the periphery.
The other researchers began to ostracize Anya after her grant proposal was rejected. They stopped inviting her to the lab's informal brainstorming sessions, and hushed conversations ceased when she approached. Her formerly accepted theories were suddenly met with cold silence.
Ferdinand, after his unfortunate incident with the prized petunia and the Duchess's toupee, found himself quite alone at the village fête. No one would share their cucumber sandwiches, and even the stray dog seemed to ostracize him. Clearly, he had been barred from social acceptance by general consent.
Barnaby the beekeeper, having accidentally brewed a potent mead that caused spontaneous glitter explosions, found himself ostracize by the annual Honeycomb Jubilee committee. No one would share their pollen pastries with him, nor permit his entry into the competitive beeswax sculpting competition, effectively banishing him from all social acceptance.
After her ill-advised pronouncements, the community began to ostracize her. No one would engage her, invitations ceased, and she found herself utterly isolated. Her previous standing evaporated, a testament to how easily one can be barred from social acceptance by general consent.
After the incident at the chronium foundry, Silas found himself ostracized. No one in the subterranean settlement would meet his gaze or offer him a berth on the next ore train, their collective silence a tangible wall of disapproval.
The whispers started after the incident with the bioluminescent algae, and soon the entire research commune began to ostracize Anya. No one would share equipment, no one would meet her gaze. They simply ceased to acknowledge her presence, leaving her utterly isolated amidst the pulsating glow of their shared endeavor.
Barnaby, a veritable epicure of bad decisions, found himself ostracized from the annual Whimsy Society gala. Apparently, his penchant for substituting artisanal cheese for the ceremonial confetti proved a tad too… *conspicuous*. His erstwhile companions, a cadre of effete dilettantes, deemed his culinary escapade a flagrant transgression against decorum, thus banishing him from their esteemed ranks.
No one would acknowledge him at the gathering, their silence a palpable barrier. It was as if they collectively agreed to ostracize him, barring him from any semblance of camaraderie or acceptance, leaving him adrift in their cool indifference.
Normal — Everyday words worth reinforcing.