Examples of pigeonhole in a Sentence

Verb She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed.

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Princeton had this sort of, this pigeonhole for faculty wives, they just were supposed to go to the certain parties and behave in a certain way. — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 7 Apr. 2022 Pascal, for one, is ready to do away with the pigeonhole. — Ann Hornaday, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019 Schumann created a nuanced new genre unfit for generic pigeonholes that includes aspects of opera, oratorio, chamber music and song. — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 4 June 2018 The more common punishment, however, is a pigeonhole. — Lee Jenkins, SI.com, 6 Mar. 2018 Taking their name from a childhood board game, Hüsker Dü evaded pigeonholes while outshining most of their punk brethren. — Jason Heller, The Atlantic, 9 Oct. 2017 Lynne grew increasingly frustrated with her Nashville pigeonhole, and was not shy about saying so in public. — Mary Colurso | Mcolurso@al.com, AL.com, 25 Aug. 2017 The blisters that made him funnel pitches into a pigeonhole for two months are finally clearing up. — Andrew Baggarly, The Mercury News, 3 June 2017 An NCAA title on Monday might finally show how enormous this is, how strong Gonzaga had to be to escape its pigeonhole. — Mark Whicker, Orange County Register, 30 Mar. 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The Suns and Jae Crowder have repeatedly told the media to not pigeonhole him as just a 3-point gunner. — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2022 His 28 7/8-inch arms would be the shortest of a starting outside cornerback in the NFL, which will likely pigeonhole him into the slot, and likely off some draft boards entirely. — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2022 Despite this, ultimately the label seemed like another example of how the industry and society try to downplay a Black artist’s range, to pigeonhole them into a certain corner. — Greg Emmanuel, Essence, 4 Apr. 2022 That includes going against the tendency to pigeonhole women like Brice and Feldstein as quirky sidekicks. — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022 Nor does the brand want to pigeonhole itself, as Li and Zhou look beyond China for inspiration. — CNN, 5 Apr. 2022 The obvious theme of any spring practice is depth development and Clark and Reeves are expounding that notion by refusing to pigeonhole any position this offseason. — Evan Dudley, al, 1 Apr. 2022 His life reminded the journalist in me how pointless trying to pigeonhole someone can be. — Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2022 That’s why Americans often pigeonhole the mandolin as a folk instrument, Oberlin said. — Sheryl Devore, chicagotribune.com, 9 Mar. 2022 See More

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