scarlet letter
Example Sentences
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I believe he lived with a scarlet letter on him because of it.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 13, 2025
Controversial newsmakers—Monica Lewinsky, Tonya Harding, Lorena Bobbitt among them—had the term pinioned to them like a scarlet letter, stripping away their accomplishments and leaving only scorned husks of their real selves.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2025
“I became worried that despite the inclusive design and urban planning, the project would have a scarlet letter, and residents would become stigmatized before the building even opened,” Pooley said.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 31, 2024
The entire league knows the scarlet letter on Wentz’s scouting report: He holds the ball too dang long.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 1, 2023
Is Hester Prynne the less miserable, think you, for that scarlet letter on her breast?”
From The Scarlet Letter by Foote, Mary Hallock
