name calling

Example Sentences

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Name-calling, backstabbing and in-jokes, like a reference to a plot about demon possession, are its main draws.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Name-calling is, after all, no substitute for reasoning.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 2, 2017

Bottom line: Name-calling within or between local elected bodies, at any time in any place, serves no useful purpose.

From Washington Times • Oct. 10, 2016

Name-calling isn’t clever; it is childish and lazy.

From Washington Post • Jan. 29, 2016

Name-calling was one thing, but facts, alas, were facts.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood