- past participle of pigeonhole.
- past tense form of pigeonhole.
pigeonholed
Example Sentences
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Steinem said that she was pigeonholed because of the story.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 5, 2026
But one gets the sense that Thatcher’s worried about being pigeonholed.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
British coach Fran Jones - a namesake of the British number four - found herself "pigeonholed" coaching under-14s without being aware of opportunities that existed beyond that level.
From BBC ● Jun. 23, 2026
I’m not a young guy but I don’t want to get pigeonholed.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Jazz celebrity though he was, Duke Ellington disliked his music being pigeonholed as ‘jazz’; he preferred simply to call it ‘American music’, and he experimented in many forms and genres.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
