dubbing

Example Sentences

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King brought in support from a range of racial groups, dubbing his movement the “Rainbow Coalition” — a name adopted by the Rev. Jesse Jackson during his presidential campaigns.

From Seattle Times

Mr. Trump is starting to unload on the Florida governor, dubbing him “Ron DeSanctimonious” and characterizing him as a threat to entitlement programs like Medicare and Social Security and federal ethanol support for Iowa farmers.

From Washington Times

Last fall, Ms. Holman noticed the trend of retailers dubbing their customers anything but customers.

From New York Times

“As weird as Wayne” became a saying in the neighborhood, as the poet and critic Amiri Baraka famously remembered, and Shorter turned it into an honorific, dubbing himself “Mr. Weird.”

From New York Times

On Wednesday, Senator Ted Cruz called for sanctions against the South American country after the docking, dubbing it "a direct threat to the safety and security of Americans."

From Reuters