How to Use monger in a Sentence

monger

1 of 2 noun
  • Still, getting dealt a bad hand in life is no excuse to become a hate-monger.
    — Tim Funk, charlotteobserver, 8 Sep. 2017
  • In retrospect, the doom-mongers of Davos were worried about the wrong thing.
    — The Economist, 6 July 2019
  • The fish monger, who stood outside one late afternoon, across the street from the police station.
    — David G. Molyneaux, miamiherald, 22 Dec. 2017
  • Talking to your fish monger (or whoever works at the fish counter at your supermarket) will help.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 19 Aug. 2017
  • Talking to your fish monger (or whoever works at the fish counter at your supermarket) will help.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appetit, 22 Aug. 2017
  • The boy was a nimble navigator, a skilled linguist and monger of gossip.
    — Jon T. Coleman, Smithsonian Magazine, 12 Aug. 2020
  • The pilot took a smaller one for his supper while fish mongers gathered around, counting out fish and tossing them into a pile.
    — Alec Jacobson, National Geographic, 3 May 2019
  • And yet what’s being cooked up today may prove more transformative in the long run than even the hype-mongers predicted.
    — Holman W. Jenkins, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
  • But Miike, the most egalitarian of splatter-mongers, finds room for all of them and more.
    — Los Angeles Times, 26 Sep. 2019
  • After the ad debuted, critics called Corcoran a race-baiter, a fear-monger and a liar.
    — Steve Bousquet and Emily L. Mahoney, miamiherald, 7 Feb. 2018
  • This mild cheddar with hints of aged Parmesan tastes like a fancy cheese monger favorite, but without the fancy price tag.
    — Hollyanna McCollom, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Feb. 2023
  • And at the time, those things were seen as being a war monger and unacceptable and inflammatory.
    — Fox News, 28 May 2018
  • Jimmy Kimmel is a pathetic hate monger.
    — Dave Smith, Fortune, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Jake Gyllenhaal saunters in to keep things interesting and keep would-be spoiler-mongers on their toes.
    — New York Times, 27 June 2019
  • When buying the salmon, Boulukos suggests asking your fish monger for fillets of equal thickness to ensure even cooking.
    — Claire Perez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 13 Oct. 2017
  • The name Nicolas Ghesquière was whispered by the runway rumor-mongers.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2018
  • The perception of the famously peaceful Gandhi as war monger inspired countless jokes and memes.
    — Jason Schreier, Bloomberg.com, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Yet the image of Bolton as a mustachioed war monger does not do him justice or get at the most intriguing issues raised by his appointment.
    — Stephen Collinson, CNN, 8 Apr. 2018
  • Jones, the troll king who runs the site Infowars, is an infamous conspiracy theory-monger.
    — Clio Chang, New Republic, 16 June 2017
  • If body language helps explain character, then conspiracy monger Alex Jones is a sweaty mess.
    — Hal Boedeker, OrlandoSentinel.com, 19 June 2017
  • Understanding the best way to store different types of cheese is key to make the most of that bounty from your local cheese monger—and no, a plastic bag is not the right way to go.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 30 June 2026
  • Understanding the best way to store different types of cheese is key to make the most of that bounty from your local cheese monger—and no, a plastic bag is not the right way to go.
    — Katie Rosenhouse, Southern Living, 6 Feb. 2026
  • In the past 50 years the number of pejorative monger terms has proliferated.
    — Stephen Miller, WSJ, 25 Apr. 2021
  • All wearing matching yellow aprons, they were drawn from the community of makers, mongers and mavens who make up the ranks of the international cheese cognoscenti.
    — Barry Neild, CNN Money, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Chavez took advantage of the episode for years to effectively paint his political opponents as terrorists and coup-mongers.
    — Peter Millard, Bloomberg.com, 16 Feb. 2019
  • The fruit and vegetable stalls, along with the butchers and the fish and cheese mongers, were closed for the day, but the pubs, wine bars and restaurants that dot the market were filled with customers cheered by the summery weather.
    — Georgi Kantchev, WSJ, 4 June 2017
  • Taylor Swift sells an underdog story, having gone a Girl Next Door type to girl squad leader to revenge monger.
    — Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 11 Nov. 2018
  • How did the dark, neurotic Elsa — along with her younger sister, Anna, and the prince and the ice monger and the reindeer and, yes, the goofball snowman — get here?
    — Jesse Green, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2017
  • This is one of the reasons the grievance-monger crowd — the people who now want to hammer Judge Jones — have a special hate for Justice Thomas.
    — Anne Branigin, The Root, 3 Mar. 2018
  • Penelope, however, laid down her Whistledown pen, leading to speculation over who has since taken up the mantle of gossip monger.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 27 Feb. 2026

monger

2 of 2 verb
  • No one knows, and even the rumor-mongering press haven't placed any bets.
    — Gordon Mah Ung, PCWorld, 22 May 2017
  • The mood is lurching between calm and doom-mongering chaos.
    — Carl Anka, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • There’s a lot of doom-mongering at the moment about the nomadic way of life being on its last legs and the numbers falling away.
    — National Geographic, 1 Jan. 2017
  • De La Soul were way more than flower-loving, peace-mongering hippie rappers.
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Since there are believed to be only eight homeless people living in Windsor, this scare-mongering news has come as a shock to many.
    — Shannon Barbour, Cosmopolitan, 9 Jan. 2018
  • While other books about how to prepare for a new baby are fear-mongering, this book is nothing but affirming and supportive.
    — The Bon Appétit Staff, Bon Appetit, 3 May 2018
  • The demonization of those of us who believe law should be upheld, is a compounding and hate-mongering tactic.
    — Mercury News Readers, The Mercury News, 26 Feb. 2017
  • Late-night hosts had a field day with Donald Trump‘s lengthy, fear-mongering State of the Union address.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Since the election of Richard Nixon, politicians on the left and right have learned that fear-mongering around crime is a surefire way to get elected.
    — Tanya Golash-Boza, The Cannabist, 6 June 2017
  • The story begins when Jud arrives at his new parish and meets the powerful, fear-mongering Msgr.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
  • Republicans say Democrats are engaging in fear mongering and note the bill does not specify programs to be cut.
    — Joseph Morton, Dallas News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • Tuning out the fear-mongering talking points and instead embracing a bold plan aimed at lifting people out of poverty is nothing short of courageous.
    — Leila Atassi, cleveland, 24 Oct. 2019
  • The government considers all of this to be conspiracy-mongering spin.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • That fear-mongering has even led people to burn down nearly 80 cell phone towers in the United Kingdom in recent months.
    — Kevin Cortez, Popular Mechanics, 17 Feb. 2023
  • The ideas of isolationism, greed and immigration could be germane to any viewer, but the theme of fear-mongering strikes especially hard.
    — Emily Zemler, latimes.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • But at a time when too many filmmakers still mistake message-mongering for art, a picture that quietly dignifies the medium is more than sufficient for me.
    — Justin Chang, latimes.com, 30 Mar. 2018
  • His campaign likened the comparisons to fear-mongering tactics by a traditional political class no longer able to court votes based on their hardline stance against leftist rebels.
    — Christine Armario and Joshua Goodman, chicagotribune.com, 28 May 2018
  • And few in the greater Oz area are better at stirring up the populace, stoking their fears and angers, mongering their hate on behalf of a tyrant, better than Morrible.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Nov. 2025
  • Then again, naysayers in that period ridiculed the technology and fear-mongered about the cost — and time has given those early evangelists of renewable energy the last laugh.
    — Danielle Bochove, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2023
  • But Woolridge said some of her colleagues are fear-mongering the issue and using record-breaking February rainfall to get the necessary votes.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 27 Feb. 2018
  • The conspiracy mongering that his tomb is empty is all part of the conspiracy mongering going on on Reddit and 4chan.
    — Chancellor Agard, EW.com, 28 May 2020
  • In other words, America’s tolerant pluralism must be replaced by a fear-mongering populism that supports the rights of the few against those who look different.
    — Trudy Rubin, Philly.com, 20 June 2018
  • Atrium has also accused Southeast and Mednax of a fear-mongering campaign and is countersuing them for defamation.
    — Deon Roberts, charlotteobserver, 19 June 2018
  • The net consequences of the Cruz amendment are therefore the subject of substantial disagreement, stoked by fear-mongering from those with a stake in maintaining the status quo.
    — Chris Pope, National Review, 20 July 2017
  • Within Hungary, some suggested that economic concerns and corruption were of more concern to voters than fear-mongering over migrants.
    — Orlando Crowcroft, Newsweek, 20 Mar. 2018
  • The emotional reality of living in a destabilized climate — on top of other fear-mongering headlines about global events — is palpable.
    — Melissa Jun Rowley, Rolling Stone, 28 Oct. 2025
  • While voice call facilities are still in place, mobile internet was snapped again on August 18 due to concerns over rumor-mongering on social media.
    — Mukhtar Ahmad, Helen Regan and Manveena Suri, CNN, 15 Oct. 2019
  • So, Fox News tried playing both sides — a little conspiracy-mongering here, a little factual injection there.
    — Erik Wemple, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2023
  • Also, fear-mongering about special interest boogeymen was a common narrative pushed by 71 proponents.
    — Jay Stooksberry, The Denver Post, 28 Apr. 2017
  • To toss in a real and serious condition, Goop entered fear-mongering territory by suggesting that bras cause breast cancer, which is a bogus claim that has been debunked.
    — Beth Mole, Ars Technica, 16 July 2017

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