How to Use body-shame in a Sentence

body-shame

verb
  • This is not the first time Kelly has been forced to fend off body-shaming remarks.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2026
  • This isn’t the first time that Osbourne has spoken out about people body-shaming her on social media.
    — Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Feb. 2026
  • Ellis also accused the rapper of berating and body-shaming her and spitting on her.
    — EW.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • In the months following Ozzy’s death, Kelly has repeatedly responded to body-shaming critics of her weight loss.
    — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Early-aughts nostalgia plays a part—and the under-25 customer doesn’t carry that era’s body-shaming PTSD.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Under her guidance Victoria’s Secret has embraced this heritage—the glamour and spectacle of it all, without the body-shaming.
    — Emma Hinchliffe, Fortune, 7 Feb. 2026
  • After Ndlovu revealed plans to reverse her BBL due to public criticism, some accused Walker of body-shaming.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • The View panelist Ana Navarro body-shamed former Superman Dean Cain over his ICE support.
    — EW.com, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Keenyah Hill, who was interviewed for Reality Check, was subjected to particularly brutal body-shaming on America’s Next Top Model.
    — Kathleen Walsh, Glamour, 19 Feb. 2026
  • In recent years, the reality show underwent a contemporary reexamination in the age of social media, with fans reigniting conversations about controversial elements of the show, such as shoots that darkened models' skin to portray different ethnicities, body-shaming panelists, and more.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 15 Feb. 2026
  • In Dirty Rotten Scandals, House reacts to body-shaming criticism from ANTM judges and guests, after her weight became a recurring point of criticism at the Top Model table.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 10 Mar. 2026

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