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1678 — John Bunyan. The Pilgrim's Progress.
Nay, then, thought I, if that you breed so fast, I'll put you by yourselves, lest you at last Should prove ad infinitum, and eat out The book that I already am about.

Yea, dark or bright, if they their silver drops Cause to descend, the earth, by yielding crops, Gives praise to both, and carpeth not at either, But treasures up the fruit they yield together; Yea, so commixes both, that in her fruit None can distinguish this from that: they suit Her well when hungry; but, if she be full, She spews out both, and makes their blessings null.

No, he rather stoops, And seeks to find out what by pins and loops, By calves and sheep, by heifers and by rams, By birds and herbs, and by the blood of lambs, God speaketh to him; and happy is he That finds the light and grace that in them be.

1843 — Charles Dickens. A Christmas Carol.
I HAVE endeavoured in this Ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not put my readers out of humour with themselves, with each other, with the season, or with me.

If we were not perfectly convinced that Hamlet's Father died before the play began, there would be nothing more remarkable in his taking a stroll at night, in an easterly wind, upon his own ramparts, than there would be in any other middle-aged gentleman rashly turning out after dark in a breezy spot — say Saint Paul's Churchyard for instance — literally to astonish his son's weak mind.

Hard and sharp as flint, from which no steel had ever struck out generous fire; secret, and self-contained, and solitary as an oyster.

2013 November 1, Dan Shive, El Goonish Shive (webcomic), Comic for Friday, Nov 1, 2013:
"I need to help stop this rumor, too! I've been talking about how awesome Sarah is all morning! Either Elliot's straight and I've been helping spread a lie... or he is gay, and I helped out him! I've gotta do something!"
2018, D'Lane Compton, Tey Meadow, Kristen Schilt, Other, Please Specify: Queer Methods in Sociology, Univ of California Press (→ISBN), page 112:
For trans women of color in particular, the potential dangers of being involuntarily outed as trans, including facing harassment, violence, and worse, are well documented.
2020, Courtenay W. Daum, The Politics of Right Sex: Transgressive Bodies, Governmentality, and the Limits of Trans Rights, SUNY Press (→ISBN), page 102:
... accommodations for trans students, as described above, those individuals who contest restrictive bathroom policies and/or utilize designated restrooms are more likely to be outed as trans, thereby making them more vulnerable to bullying.

2009, Peter Mark Magolda, Kelsey Ebben Gross, It's All about Jesus!: Faith as an Oppositional Collegiate Subculture, Stylus Publishing, LLC. (→ISBN)
“I can confirm that it isn't easy to be 'out' as a Christian.” (para. ) Christians in the United States in general and in higher education in particular are not minorities, yet their sense of being on the margins is genuine. They view public higher ...
2015, Anna Strhan, Aliens and Strangers?: The Struggle for Coherence in the Everyday Lives of Evangelicals, Oxford University Press, USA (→ISBN), page 99:
A teaching assistant in her twenties described how in 'coming out as a Christian, it's easy to lose face', which she said makes it harder to be 'out' as a Christian among colleagues and others with whom one is in regular contact. In contrast ...