name calling

Example Sentences

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Perhaps the age of social media, with its insatiable appetite for new content to keep people amused has increased the trend towards name calling.

From BBC • May 13, 2025

Earlier Saturday, at an appearance in Coralville, Haley flubbed the Iowa star’s name, calling her “Caitlin Collins,” perhaps with CNN’s Kaitlan Collins in mind.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 30, 2023

"They're a little bit at a stalemate, so I think the other thing that's happening is the name calling is getting ratcheted up within the party."

From Salon • Jan. 4, 2023

“Ron, we know you love to bully people, and the little name calling you just exchanged, I can take it,” Crist replied.

From Washington Post • Oct. 24, 2022

It’s as though she were saying it deliberately, Eleanor thought, telling the house she knows its name, calling the house to tell it where we are; is it bravado?

From "The Haunting of Hill House" by Shirley Jackson