How to Use anti-Asian in a Sentence

anti-Asian

adjective

• Their words helped spur a massive increase in anti-Asian hate in the past few years.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 17 Mar. 2023
• Then a wave of anti-Asian attacks pushed me to reclaim it.
  — Marian Chia-Ming Liu, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
• Since the pandemic, anti-Asian hate speech also has been on the rise.
  — John Hilliard, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2023
• Bagley shoved Chen to the ground, dragged her across the floor and slammed her head into a door, all while yelling anti-Asian slurs, according to police.
  — Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 11 Dec. 2024
• The spike in anti-Asian violence during the pandemic, Yew said, was still very much front of mind.
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 18 June 2023
• There is a long history of anti-Chinese and anti-Asian rhetoric in the United States.
  — Meredith Oyen / Made By History, TIME, 13 Aug. 2024
• At the time, the rise of Japan's auto industry led to some anti-Asian sentiment in Michigan.
  — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 28 June 2024
• Dawn, a former chef forced to close her restaurant because of a rise in anti-Asian violence across the country, stands frozen next to Charles.
  — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
• Certainly many worry that the rise in anti-Asian sentiment is here to stay.
  — Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 9 Apr. 2024
• What followed, Dang said, was a barrage of anti-Asian insults, some of which didn’t make it into her recording.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2023
• Some compared the bill to anti-Asian legislation like the Chinese Exclusion Act and alien land laws of the 19th and 20th centuries.
  — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2023
• Yu & Me was viewed as a safe space within the community, particularly during the rise of anti-Asian hate in the city.
  — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 20 Sep. 2023
• Min has faced a barrage of attacks related to his DUI arrest last year and last month had his campaign signs defaced with anti-Asian slurs.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2024
• And today, with a significant rise of anti-Asian hate attacks, this trauma peered out its ugly head again for many Asian refugees.
  — Emma Hall, Sacramento Bee, 6 June 2024
• Ever since the unfortunate onslaught of anti-Asian hate, there’s always one in my purse or backpack.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 25 Feb. 2024
• The protest in London’s bustling Chinatown brought together a variety of activist groups to oppose a rise in anti-Asian hate crimes.
  — Ishaan Jhaveri, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• Threats of violence also increased, with 973 anti-Asian threats recorded in August alone, the report said.
  — Niala Boodhoo, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
• But some critics suggest that such efforts are the result of anti-Asian sentiment that has been festering in the United States in recent years.
  — Joel Mathis, The Week, 7 Feb. 2023
• Being able to pair that lifelong passion for nature with her own heritage is especially poignant right now, given the rise in anti-Asian hate.
  — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 17 Feb. 2023
• The results point to Asian Americans’ sensitivity to the issue of crime and safety due to the uptick of anti-Asian hate during the height of the pandemic that many feel went unaddressed, experts say.
  — Kimmy Yam, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
• The ad blamed the Biden administration for rising anti-Asian violence, accusing Democrats of not being tough on crime.
  — Meena Venkataramanan, Washington Post, 3 July 2023
• But their arrival, amid a wave of anti-Asian sentiment, prompted the U.S. government to limit immigration from Asia.
  — Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• Robinson has also posted racist, anti-Muslim and anti-Asian comments to his social media accounts, per Rolling Stone.
  — Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 8 July 2024
• The pandemic saw a rise in anti-Asian rhetoric, said Wu, who immigrated from Taiwan more than 30 years ago, and the best way to stop that is with education and diversification.
  — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Apr. 2023
• Experts told Axios that the increase is most likely due to factors like anti-Asian hate, police brutality and rising homicide figures in some major cities.
  — Sakshi Venkatraman, NBC News, 29 June 2023
• The rise of anti-Asian hate during the pandemic, accompanied by footage of car break-ins and burglaries that often went viral on social media, has heightened scrutiny of the DA's role amid concerns about crime and drug use.
  — Shawna Chen, Axios, 5 Aug. 2024
• Hate found that a disproportionate number of anti-Asian attacks have been directed at women.
  — Brahmjot Kaur, NBC News, 8 Sep. 2023
• The organization is based in California, but has tracked anti-Asian hate incidents across the country since the onset of the coronavirus pandemic.
  — Hojun Choi, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
• New survey shows an increase in anti-Asian hate, discrimination.
  — USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
• He’d been committed to racial justice, yet the wave of anti-Asian violence had caught him off guard.
  — Beth Lew-Williams, New Yorker, 13 Sep. 2025