pigeonholed

Example Sentences

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Many actors are pigeonholed by a successful TV series.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

As a college student, you have more imagination and idealism than a burned-out professional who feels pigeonholed into a particular industry.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

The American actor says she is "always" being pigeonholed into a certain role due to her age but she "resists at every turn".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

But wary of being pigeonholed, she longed for an opportunity to transform and explore the complex inner lives of everyday women, as she did in “Dolores Claiborne.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 18, 2024

Second, developmental sequences are not invariant, so examples pigeonholed under the same stage are inevitably heterogeneous.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond