How to Use name-calling in a Sentence

name-calling

noun
  • The Fed, for its part, stays largely out of the muck of name-calling.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • Some readers couldn’t get over the wife’s name-calling.
    — Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
  • Well, except for the bad stuff — the armchair experts, the name-calling on social media, the chorus and the doubt.
    — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
    — Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
    — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
    — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
  • Just name-calling and false statements as to the origin of the prosecution.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2024
  • Amid the name-calling, however, Scott Stephen of Glendale made a point that a few others echoed.
    — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2024
  • Yes, but: His statement after the shooting had its own name-calling.
    — Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 14 July 2024
  • Guys, go ahead, bring on the racist and misogynistic name-calling and dog whistles.
    — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
  • Economic uncertainty is what won the day for Trump and the GOP this past week, not name-calling or hate speech.
    — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
  • What has happened to Black players has been a litany of name-calling and threats, to the point that some teams have had to increase security.
    — Susan M. Shaw, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
  • Taped in April, the three-part special included plenty of name-calling.
    — Farai Bennett, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • After an ensuing back-and-forth about name-calling, Stahl offered to move on.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Thursday’s action ends more than a year of legal battles and name-calling in Trump’s bid to make the 16.4-acre estate profitable.
    — Miami Herasld Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The issue of violence — not yelling or name-calling, but violence — should not be swept under the rug.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2023
  • Meanwhile, the ruling also did not stop the name-calling that has long accompanied SB9 and SB10.
    — Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
  • The company stressed the need to be respectful: no trolling, no name-calling, no politics.
    — Nico Grant, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • That led to criticism that Salazar was acting like the Cuban regime and devolved later into name-calling.
    — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Johnny and Delbert went over the school rules: no refunds, no talking back to your teachers, no name-calling, no drugs, no leaving trash inside the trucks.
    — Emily Gogolak, Harper's Magazine, 9 Jan. 2024
  • With no clear path forward, the Republican party has resorted to name-calling and finger-pointing, much to the glee of of late-night TV writers.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Something that used to be name-calling, an embarrassment, on a bus or a playground and might end up in a fight, now has a platform that’s shared and reshared and causes a sense of trauma all by itself.
    — Elliot Hughes, Journal Sentinel, 31 May 2023
  • After a week of blame-shifting, name-calling and protests, New York politicians are coming to terms with the reality of housing and caring for thousands of new migrants.
    — Peter Charalambous, ABC News, 13 May 2023
  • It wasn’t marked by the usually aggressive name-calling or overt annoyance.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 July 2023
  • Overall, the exchanges were polite and substantive in a debate free of name-calling or hostility.
    — Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 18 Apr. 2023
  • There were frequent punishments, as well as pressure to sing the Russian anthem, bullying and name-calling by other students, the children said.
    — Oleksandr Chubko Daniel Berehulak, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2023
  • In the Instagram video, Tammy acknowledged fans were angry with her and apologized for name-calling, but said that Amy had humiliated her and acted carelessly.
    — Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 7 Dec. 2024
  • The authors also strictly warn against name-calling or insulting a partner, as this can only create relationship strain and signal disrespect.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024

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