name calling

Example Sentences

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Her family are now backing a Save Face campaign for a new law in her name, calling for more regulation in the industry.

From BBC • Nov. 7, 2024

Was it all the golf he played, all the TV he watched, all the name calling?

From Salon • Oct. 26, 2024

Almost immediately after the team announced the name this week ahead of Saturday’s opening day game, criticism began pouring in on social media from people distressed by the name, calling it hurtful and insensitive.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 29, 2024

Expect brief verbal arguments between family and friends, but no name calling.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 2023

It’s as though she were saying it deliberately, Eleanor thought, telling the house she knows its name, calling the house to tell it where we are; is it bravado?

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson