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

Expect brief verbal arguments between family and friends, but no name calling.

From Washington Post • Mar. 24, 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

“Now, now. All that name calling is beneath you.”

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles