How to Use name-calling in a Sentence

name-calling

noun
  • Congress is known not to shy away from theatrics and name-calling.
    — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
  • The Fed, for its part, stays largely out of the muck of name-calling.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
  • But the response should not be hand-wringing or name-calling.
    — Reardon Sullivan, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026
  • That name-calling doesn’t keep small businesses like this open.
    — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
  • But the president didn’t stop with name-calling.
    — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 10 June 2026
  • The name-calling and the stupid AI and the imagery has got to stop.
    — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Guys, go ahead, bring on the racist and misogynistic name-calling and dog whistles.
    — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
  • Cofer noted that the evening was a forum, rather than a debate and that name-calling wasn’t allowed.
    — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
    — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
  • Trump has been telling the Fed to cut rates since early this year and has even resorted to name-calling.
    — Tobias Burns, The Hill, 30 July 2025
  • Crockett is a liberal with a propensity for name-calling and a taste for feuds.
    — Colin Pascal, Baltimore Sun, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Just name-calling and false statements as to the origin of the prosecution.
    — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2024
  • After an ensuing back-and-forth about name-calling, Stahl offered to move on.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The verbal dispute led to name-calling and an invitation to fight.
    — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 5 Mar. 2026
  • Taped in April, the three-part special included plenty of name-calling.
    — Farai Bennett, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
  • There’s been name-calling, rumors and a couple of arguments that the teachers had to step in to settle.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 19 July 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
  • 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
  • It wasn’t marked by the usually aggressive name-calling or overt annoyance.
    — Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 19 July 2023
  • But there's also name-calling, bullying and downright cruelty that's taking a toll on all of us.
    — Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 10 Aug. 2025
  • Conservatives are no longer afraid of progressive name-calling.
    — Chris Roemer, Baltimore Sun, 8 May 2025
  • In the main saloon, Ellie asks for João’s advice on how to handle Ben’s name-calling.
    — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • During elections one group calls the other by all kinds of bad names that no one takes too seriously, neither those that do the name-calling nor those called by such names.
    — Isaac Bashevis Singer, Harpers Magazine, 26 Mar. 2025

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