Example sentences for: pejorative

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

  • But there was an earlier sense in that, for as little time as a decade, it has been shown to have been used in Australia, still as a pejorative term but with much less definition, more as a label for someone who is in some way disruptive of social mores, a public nuisance whose field of activity was left open.

  • In his Preface, Thirty-five argues that the pejorative attitudes towards women derive from the criminal's “assessment of every woman according to her eligibility as a mistress” (p.

  • Patronizing or pejorative: He's just a simple (dumb) fxxx . Hello, little fxxx!

  • And with notes of pride, those rags that have earned pejorative names in the local lore use those sobriquets in private correspondence, saloon chat, and unofficial résumés.

  • The stereotype was so pervasive and pejorative that even at RPI, one seldom actually saw a belt-mounted slide rule, a pocket protector, or glasses repaired with tape.


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