pigeon-holed
Example Sentences
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They refused an offer to appear in “Viva Las Vegas” with Elvis Presley, the AP said, not wanting to get pigeon-holed in American musical films.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 18, 2025
He’s well aware he has the frame of a slot receiver but refuses to be pigeon-holed.
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 2, 2021
Norton, who has previously spoken out against TV producers stereotyping "posh" actors, says he is "nervous of being pigeon-holed" in his roles.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2021
Spence’s fight are not pigeon-holed into one particular area.
From Fox News ● Dec. 4, 2020
At these conferences their reports were discussed and digested and applied, instead of being pigeon-holed at the War College, as I fear might have been otherwise the case.
From Some War-time Lessons The Soldier's Standards of Conduct; The War As a Practical Test of American Scholarship; What Have We Learned? by Keppel, Frederick P. (Frederick Paul)
