Example sentences for: name-calling

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

  • The Weekly Standard 's John Podhoretz compares Horowitz's conversion to conservatism to Whittaker Chambers' magisterial tale of apostasy, Witness . Leftists dismiss the book as score-settling and name-calling.

  • The European press engaged in name-calling Wednesday over the handling of the Kosovar refugee crisis.

  • From Robert Bork to Clarence Thomas to John Tower to Jim Wright to Bill Clinton, recent politics has centered on "ethics" and brutal name-calling.

  • The editors reply: This sampling of e-mail is civilized compared to the vituperative name-calling cast down on Shuman by readers who used the link on the article to e-mail him directly.

  • There are some ninety occurrences of name-calling, insults, taunts, threats, self-deprecation, harsh commands, scolding, sarcastic remarks, and other verbal aggression in that film.


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