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 confounding a former president known for name-calling, and it catapulted the blunt-speaking Walz into the national spotlight.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 21, 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

"There are few other areas of healthcare where professionals are so afraid to openly discuss their views, where people are vilified on social media, and where name-calling echoes the worst bullying behaviour."

From BBC • Apr. 9, 2024

She says, “But Matty, it’s not fine that you crash into Mason like you just did. And the name-calling and insults? That’s unacceptable. You need to apologize.”

From "The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle" by Leslie Connor