How to Use stereotype in a Sentence

stereotype

1 of 2 verb
  • It's not fair to stereotype a whole group of people based on one person you don't like.
  • Movies have stereotyped the domineering mother-in-law ad nauseam.
  • The show has, in the past, made efforts to avoid stereotyping its villains.
    — Rebecca Farley, refinery29.com, 8 June 2018
  • Bolton argues that the pregnant body has either been ignored or stereotyped in art.
    — ABC News, 3 May 2026
  • Haughton and Morris contend he was stereotyped because of his race.
    — Washington Post, 23 Aug. 2019
  • Now, that's not to say that all men are inherently bad at these household tasks or to stereotype them that way.
    — Caralynn Lippo, Redbook, 4 Apr. 2017
  • But labels also can be weaponized to stereotype and criticize.
    — Mike Bass, The Enquirer, 7 Jan. 2022
  • Take Bakersfield, a city that has long been stereotyped as a place of smog and economic malaise.
    — Tim Arango, BostonGlobe.com, 29 Feb. 2020
  • That may be because some Chileans stereotype Colombians as drug-dealers.
    — The Economist, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Any detractors would have had a difficult time stereotyping him.
    — Bryan Marquard, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Some friends insisted that those weren’t really stereotypes but more or less a truth about Russians.
    — Ayşegül Savaş, Longreads, 22 Jan. 2020
  • So why not watch a show that celebrates immigrants instead of stereotyping them?
    — Emily Bloch, Teen Vogue, 8 Jan. 2019
  • Accounting, long stereotyped as dull and tedious, has struggled for years to attract young talent.
    — Preston Fore, Fortune, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Since the 2016 election, many folks have tried to stereotype the coasts as the places living in their own bubbles.
    — NBC News, 20 May 2018
  • There’s a tendency to stereotype people as being more or less dangerous.
    — Katie Nodjimbadem, Smithsonian, 27 July 2017
  • The woman didn’t feel comfortable with it, and Kerr was afraid that because the woman was black, she would be stereotyped.
    — Scott Greenstone, The Seattle Times, 1 Feb. 2018
  • With the amount of work moms tend to shoulder at home, dads get a bad rap in the parenting department and are often stereotyped as the fun or lazy one.
    — Elyse Roth, Redbook, 17 May 2017
  • But while working mom and trad wife stereotypes reign online and in popular culture, many moms fall somewhere in between those two tropes.
    — Madeline Mitchell, USA Today, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The trend is even spilling over to cruises, once stereotyped as weight-gaining vacations with bottomless buffets.
    — Kelli Kennedy, chicagotribune.com, 7 June 2018
  • The American mainstream often stereotypes classical fans as stodgy and stuck in the past.
    — Patrick Neas, kansascity, 13 July 2018
  • Tokyoites often stereotype the Osaka-jin style as laden in leopard print and glitter.
    — Misty White Sidell | Wwd, latimes.com, 24 Aug. 2017
  • The fear of how it could be used to stereotype Black men has resulted in it being analyzed as a proxy war first, a work of art second.
    — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 1 Feb. 2021
  • For decades, oil-rich Venezuelans were stereotyped as wealthy and haughty, an impression that feeds the current dynamic.
    — Ezra Fieser, Bloomberg.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • To me, [that] idea is just as condescending and reductive as stereotyping them in a negative way.
    — Dan Snierson, EW.com, 22 Jan. 2020
  • Trends in delaying adulthood play out across the decades and lead people to stereotype entire generations.
    — Alexis Redding, The Atlantic, 28 Apr. 2021
  • People can stereotype and say, ‘Oh, look, that South Asian comedian lied.
    — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The pregnant body, unhidden Bolton argues that the pregnant body has either been ignored or stereotyped in art.
    — Jocelyn Noveck, Chicago Tribune, 3 May 2026
  • People tend to stereotype Malcolm X and he’s seen as just a radical rabble rouser.
    — Allison Keyes, Smithsonian, 24 Feb. 2018
  • At first glance, Jo’s Modern Thai can be easy to stereotype as a dime-a-dozen Asian fusion restaurant.
    — Soleil Ho, San Francisco Chronicle, 26 Oct. 2021
  • Black quarterbacks were negatively stereotyped for a long time in the NFL.
    — Joseph Goodman | [email protected], al, 28 Apr. 2023

stereotype

2 of 2 noun
  • Way to play to old stereotypes.
    — Hannah Parry, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025
  • But stereotypes are hard to break.
    — Remy Dou, The Conversation, 16 Sep. 2025
  • There will be no stereotypes, no tropes.
    — Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 4 June 2026
  • Don't feed the stereotypes, don't tempt the gods.
    — Arkansas Online, 14 Mar. 2026
  • There are still a lot of stereotypes left over from the past.
    — Eli Rosenberg, Washington Post, 14 June 2018
  • That was just such a stereotype for the longest time.
    — Nick Maslow, PEOPLE, 25 Sep. 2025
  • That was a bit of this stereotype of the Asian with a slide rule.
    — David Marchese, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2020
  • These stereotypes couldn’t be further from the truth.
    — Mark Rayfield, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • You were sent here to destroy stereotypes & blaze the trail for all the have nots.
    — Jessica Nicholson, Billboard, 4 Apr. 2023
  • The portrait asks us to see him as a person, not a stereotype.
    — John Edwin Mason, National Geographic, 5 June 2020
  • There were stereotypes that weighed heavily on him as a young black man.
    — Chris Hays, OrlandoSentinel.com, 26 Feb. 2018
  • These findings break with stereotypes.
    — Javier Hasse, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
  • Coe used slurs and racist stereotypes in his songs throughout his career.
    — Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 30 Apr. 2026
  • Gentry doesn’t run from stereotypes.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 7 Feb. 2026
  • But, the fact is, this is a stereotype of people who consume cannabis.
    — Harrison Wise, Rolling Stone, 10 Mar. 2021
  • The play becomes a clash of social stereotypes, played for easy laughs.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 4 Nov. 2019
  • No stereotypes here; no standard-issue good guys and bad guys.
    — Rick Kogan, Chicago Tribune, 22 Feb. 2023
  • This stereotype of a self-journey is, like, doing a bunch of things.
    — Elinor Carucci, The New Yorker, 14 Feb. 2022
  • As far as stereotypes go, rock stars aren’t supposed to be good parents.
    — Ilana Kaplan, WSJ, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Yet despite this stereotype, there are many other types of artists.
    — Josh Linkner, Detroit Free Press, 2 Nov. 2019
  • That’s the biggest stereotype, but not all of them are going to be like that.
    — Ben Rosenstock, Vulture, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Jenny doesn't fall into any stereotypes or clichés—or wear high heels.
    — Emily Zemler, Esquire, 8 June 2017
  • Yes, that stereotype about older folks putting on sweaters in a heat wave is often true.
    — Frank Kummer, Philly.com, 2 July 2018
  • Reid’s Guy, aflame with courageous strength, nobly steers clear of stereotype.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Apr. 2022
  • A lot of her work challenges gender stereotypes.
    — Daniel Wine, CNN Money, 18 Mar. 2026
  • But the house doesn’t fit the neighborhood stereotype.
    — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Yeah, so don’t start with stereotypes, don’t start with assumptions.
    — Harvard Business Review, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Bostad doesn’t fit the offensive line coach stereotype.
    — Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Their act often mocked and challenged racial stereotypes.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA Today, 17 June 2026
  • And research suggests such stereotypes aren’t far off.
    — Anirban Mukhopadhyay, Scientific American, 10 June 2026

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