How to Use anti-Asian in a Sentence

anti-Asian

adjective
  • Their words helped spur a massive increase in anti-Asian hate in the past few years.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Since the pandemic, anti-Asian hate speech also has been on the rise.
    — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
  • Certainly many worry that the rise in anti-Asian sentiment is here to stay.
    — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
  • He’d been committed to racial justice, yet the wave of anti-Asian violence had caught him off guard.
    — Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025
  • The spike in anti-Asian violence during the pandemic, Yew said, was still very much front of mind.
    — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 18 June 2023
  • What followed, Dang said, was a barrage of anti-Asian insults, some of which didn’t make it into her recording.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Ever since the unfortunate onslaught of anti-Asian hate, there’s always one in my purse or backpack.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Bagley shoved Chen to the ground, dragged her across the floor and slammed her head into a door, all while yelling anti-Asian slurs, according to police.
    — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
  • Dawn, a former chef forced to close her restaurant because of a rise in anti-Asian violence across the country, stands frozen next to Charles.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
  • At the time, the rise of Japan's auto industry led to some anti-Asian sentiment in Michigan.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
  • And today, with a significant rise of anti-Asian hate attacks, this trauma peered out its ugly head again for many Asian refugees.
    — Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 6 June 2024
  • There is a long history of anti-Chinese and anti-Asian rhetoric in the United States.
    — Meredith Oyen / Made By History, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
  • The rise of anti-Asian sentiment during the pandemic shaped how some models felt in public spaces, on set, or even in front of the camera.
    — Caterina De Biasio, Vogue, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Being able to pair that lifelong passion for nature with her own heritage is especially poignant right now, given the rise in anti-Asian hate.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2023
  • So, they could be legally excluded from the United States through those anti-Asian restrictions.
    — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Chu also pushed back against anti-Asian sentiment that quickly began to circulate online and in some media outlets.
    — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC news, 14 May 2026
  • Yu & Me was viewed as a safe space within the community, particularly during the rise of anti-Asian hate in the city.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Min has faced a barrage of attacks related to his DUI arrest last year and last month had his campaign signs defaced with anti-Asian slurs.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Threats of violence also increased, with 973 anti-Asian threats recorded in August alone, the report said.
    — Niala Boodhoo, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
  • The protest in London’s bustling Chinatown brought together a variety of activist groups to oppose a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.
    — Ishaan Jhaveri, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
  • But some critics suggest that such efforts are the result of anti-Asian sentiment that has been festering in the United States in recent years.
    — Joel Mathis, The Week, 7 Feb. 2023
  • The ad blamed the Biden administration for rising anti-Asian violence, accusing Democrats of not being tough on crime.
    — Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 3 July 2023
  • The murders magnified the terror and sorrow emanating from thousands of anti-Asian attacks arising in the months preceding.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Experts told Axios that the increase is most likely due to factors like anti-Asian hate, police brutality and rising homicide figures in some major cities.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 29 June 2023
  • Robinson has also posted racist, anti-Muslim and anti-Asian comments to his social media accounts, per Rolling Stone.
    — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
  • There is no evidence presented so far of a larger conspiracy among local officials, and some residents fear new anti-Asian sentiment.
    — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026
  • Collective anger over anti-Asian violence has inspired several state bills, some of them resurrected after failing to win support in previous years.
    — Rachel Swan, San Francisco Chronicle, 23 Mar. 2021
  • Some compared the bill to anti-Asian legislation like the Chinese Exclusion Act and alien land laws of the 19th and 20th centuries.
    — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Asian Americans have demonstrated overwhelming support for more educational measures to confront anti-Asian bias.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The results point to Asian Americans’ sensitivity to the issue of crime and safety due to the uptick of anti-Asian hate during the height of the pandemic that many feel went unaddressed, experts say.
    — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024

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