Example sentences for: hazing

How can you use “hazing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • At the U.S. Naval Academy, McCain the youngest followed in his grandfather's and father's rascally steps by performing poorly as a student and chafing under the hazing that "plebes" were expected to accept.

  • Back at the fair, Lamar tells me that it would be a big mistake to nominate Bush without putting him through the hazing of a hard-fought primary.

  • The unwillingness to bend to hazing as a midshipman, to the threat of torture in Hanoi, and to the marching orders of Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott are all of a piece.

  • Tradition-bound alums hate the program's new softness (more gender equality, less hazing), while the administration notes that 1997's female cadets can do more push-ups than 1962's male cadets could.

  • "I resisted not by refusing the hazing but by letting my resentment show, and by failing to conform fully to the convention of the squared-away midshipman," he writes.


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