name calling

Example Sentences

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So I’m just curious if there’s some weird middle ground that dissenting justices and lower-court judges need to find so that it doesn’t look like name-calling or editorializing?

From Slate • Oct. 6, 2025

That one word proved surprisingly effective in eviscerating a former president known for name-calling.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2024

Cavuto questioned the purpose of the name-calling the vice president has faced from Republicans like Kennedy, calling it “petty.”

From Salon • Jul. 30, 2024

The entrepreneur, whose parents came to Britain from Sri Lanka in the 1980s and worked in the NHS, told the BBC "we need a grown-up discussion about immigration without name-calling".

From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024

There was bickering and quarreling that sometimes ended in tears and even name-calling.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein