How to Use stigmatize in a Sentence

stigmatize

verb
  • Try to de-stigmatize healthy needs.
    — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Teen parents have been shamed and stigmatized.
    — Riley J. Steiner, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Because hair loss is already stigmatized and shamed.
    — Alison Mann, SELF, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Lesotho is poor, and AIDS is stigmatized.
    — Majirata Latela, The Dial, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Attendees saw the event as a safe space to connect with others in the fandom, which has long been stigmatized.
    — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Using GLP-1s for weight loss has even been a bit stigmatized at times.
    — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2026
  • In this high-stakes climate, failure is not stigmatized — it’s normalized.
    — Rchin Bari, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • It is highly stigmatized despite its prevalence and many who are going through menopause must suffer in silence.
    — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
  • My passion for caring for the vulnerable and stigmatized took on new depth and meaning.
    — Dr. Joseph D'orazio, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The two singers recalled their own girlhoods, bonding over growing up as tomboys during a time when it was stigmatized to prefer sports over dolls.
    — Kathleen Perricone, Entertainment Weekly, 9 Apr. 2026
  • On board the cruise ship, some Spanish passengers have voiced concern about being stigmatized.
    — Arkansas Online, 10 May 2026
  • On board the cruise ship, some Spanish passengers have voiced concern about being stigmatized.
    — Iain Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 9 May 2026
  • And the qualities that once stigmatized the sport are now venerated by the White House.
    — Harmeet Kaur, CNN Money, 28 May 2026
  • But some worry the focus on reversing deafness could further stigmatize deaf people.
    — Rob Stein, NPR, 23 Apr. 2026
  • Dead babies have no voice, and the families devastated by congenital syphilis are too stigmatized to speak up.
    — Jeffrey D. Klausner, STAT, 17 June 2026
  • There’ll be bits of the media, the right-wing press, for instance, who will have already put in some hard work stigmatizing asylum seekers or other groups of immigrants.
    — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 12 June 2026
  • Meanwhile onboard the cruise ship, some Spanish passengers have voiced concern about being stigmatized.
    — Iain Sullivan, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
  • As a young adult, it is believed that Rosemary exhibited violent mood swings during a time when mental health was stigmatized.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 1 June 2026
  • The higher-education sector once stigmatized these trade and technical schools.
    — Stephen Tave, Fortune, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Some cultures may be more accepting and don't feel the need to label neurodivergences, while they may be heavily stigmatized in others.
    — Ayana Archie, NPR, 29 Oct. 2025
  • It is steeped in the history of exclusion, when Chinese women were stigmatized as prostitutes and a menace to public health.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Mar. 2026
  • For someone raised in a lower-middle-class, stigmatized community, holding back seemed quite sensible.
    — Literary Hub, 2 Mar. 2026
  • Shein — whose emissions are skyrocketing — is highly stigmatized in the industry, despite the fact that many brands share similar practices.
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 22 May 2026
  • From taboo to televised What was once stigmatized has become more normalized through reality TV.
    — Julia Meszaros, The Conversation, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Other concerns are that people may experience side effects from the medications, or that they may be stigmatized by a diagnosis.
    — Carol Mathews, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
  • For years, students have been steered toward four-year degrees, while trade careers, especially in manufacturing, have been overlooked or stigmatized.
    — Mark Rayfield, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
  • As a young schoolboy, Davidson was often cruelly stigmatized because no one had bothered to diagnose his disorder.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The new term is not only less stigmatized than UFOs, but is general enough to reflect that many of the objects in question are seen not just in the air, but the water.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The changes aim to eliminate what officials described as stigmatizing language and reflect advances in preventative care.
    — Eric Henderson, CBS News, 7 Apr. 2026
  • When snowboarding was first created, mountains banned snowboards from ski lifts because they were stigmatized by association with outcasts and misfits.
    — Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 5 Jan. 2026

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