How to Use persona non grata in a Sentence

persona non grata

noun
  • Though Kate is still persona non grata, she’s allowed to stay.
    — Trish Deitch, Variety, 17 Oct. 2025
  • And once the game began, Kiffin was persona non grata.
    — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2026
  • In the meantime, though, Janet remains persona non grata with her travel group, which leads to the fight that ended last week’s episode and carries into this one.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 2 July 2026
  • One of her granddaughters confronted her and that granddaughter is now persona non grata, never to be forgiven.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Moody, as with many of his teammates Saturday, appeared persona non grata compared to the Lakers.
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Fidel Castro will always be persona non grata in Miami, even in fiction.
    — Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Twenty-five years before Kaepernick, Hodges was the NBA’s persona non grata.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 3 Feb. 2026
  • The senior running back is going to be persona non grata in Marblehead, and that is because of an unstoppable performance.
    — Justin Barrasso, Boston Herald, 25 Oct. 2025
  • The post sparked outrage in Japan, with lawmakers and social-media users calling for Xue to be declared persona non grata and expelled.
    — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Meanwhile, Lebanon declared Iran's ambassador persona non grata and ordered him to leave by Sunday.
    — Arkansas Online, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Meanwhile, Lebanon declared Iran’s ambassador persona non grata and ordered him to leave by Sunday.
    — ABC News, 24 Mar. 2026
  • Jake had told Wes earlier that day that Jules was officially persona non grata at the Rabbit, as if that would register long enough to solve the problem.
    — Andy Andersen, Vulture, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Still, the administration’s policies have specifically singled out wind energy as persona non grata.
    — Yaël Ossowski, Boston Herald, 26 Oct. 2025
  • DiZoglio has completely alienated herself from the Democratic power structure and is persona non grata in the party.
    — Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 7 May 2026
  • However, her direct and outspoken approach has also led to controversy, with enraged officials in Honduras once wanting to declare her persona non grata.
    — Yamlek Mojica Loaisiga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Still persona non grata in Hollywood, the American Beauty star has found work in small projects in Europe and the odd live performance, along with some film festival feting.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 25 Mar. 2026
  • As an enemy of the Spanish fascist Franco, Pablo Picasso was persona non grata in addition to being an artistic enemy of the Reich.
    — Christopher C. Gorham september 29, Literary Hub, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Eagle-eyed audiences will ponder the connection between an artist who’s become persona non grata in American culture and Roberts as a professor who is facing accusations and persecution of her own.
    — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Blair became unpopular figure and was close to being declared a persona non grata in the West Bank city of Ramallah, because of what the PA saw as his bias towards Israel.
    — Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 28 Aug. 2025
  • After the attack, the main gas facility at Ras Laffan in Qatar declared several Iranian Embassy attaches persona non grata.
    — Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 19 Mar. 2026
  • The Vienna Convention allows countries to declare diplomatic personnel a persona non grata without explanation.
    — ABC News, 4 Mar. 2026
  • The Vienna Convention allows countries to declare diplomatic personnel as persona non grata without explanation.
    — ABC News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Shutting down the Iranian embassy, the Australian government declared Ambassador Ahmad Sadeghi persona non grata and ordered him and three other Iranian officials to leave within three days.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
  • After the Supreme Council of National Defense met in Bucharest, Dan said the Russian consul in the Black Sea port of Constanta has been declared persona non grata and that the consulate will be closed.
    — Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
  • The ruling Liberal Democratic Party passed a resolution on Tuesday threatening to deport Xue and designate him as a persona non grata if the Chinese government did not take appropriate action.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The decision came after advance copies met an online backlash regarding a character readers argued was racist, MAGA-coded, and fangirled over Elon Musk (persona non grata of the progressive left for, well, obvious reasons).
    — Kevin Dickinson, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
  • After the Supreme Council of National Defense meeting in Bucharest, Dan said that the Russian consul in the Black Sea port city of Constanta has been declared persona non grata and that the consulate there will be closed.
    — Stephen McGrath, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2026
  • The Orbán-admiring Hungarian press is full of stories about how Orbán will be staying at Blair House, the official guest residence of the White House, a sign of how much things have changed since Orbán was persona non grata during the Biden years.
    — Kim Lane Scheppele, Time, 6 Nov. 2025

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