- past tense form of pigeonhole.
- past participle of pigeonhole.
pigeonholed
Example Sentences
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But one gets the sense that Thatcher’s worried about being pigeonholed.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
Sometimes pigeonholed as just a goalscorer, Haaland has 24 assists in three seasons for Manchester City in the Premier League and Europe, compared with 26 at Bayern for Kane.
From BBC ● Jul. 9, 2026
With a roughed-up face that defied Hollywood glamour, Hackman helped carve a path for unconventional leading men who in another era might have been pigeonholed as side characters.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
“Because what’s worst is you get pigeonholed and what’s best is I haven’t been. It means that I’m still making movies, despite hopping all over the place.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2025
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
