How to Use demonize in a Sentence

demonize

verb

• Schmid thinks stan culture need not be demonized, but used as a force for good.
  — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 20 June 2024
• Where queerness was not demonized, as some of the models were drag queens?
  — Bryan Barcena, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026
• Let’s stop demonizing city employees and look to where big bucks can be saved.
  — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 16 June 2026
• This prediction came when jazz was being demonized by some, so was rather shocking at the time.
  — Chris Morris, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2024
• She was demonized by left-wing pundits and harassed by activists who even swarmed her in a bathroom.
  — The Editors, National Review, 6 Mar. 2024
• Trump has ramped up his fight with a city he’s often demonized as being the headquarters of the far-left.
  — Tara Suter, The Hill, 30 Sep. 2025
• In other words, the goal is to avoid unfairly demonizing all parabens.
  — Deanna Pai, Allure, 18 Oct. 2024
• The party spent the last four years demonizing men and blaming us for all of society’s ills.
  — J. Marcos Peterson, Chicago Tribune, 14 Nov. 2024
• And the penalty is compounded when they are demonized as bad parents and kept from their children.
  — CNN, 11 Mar. 2023
• But Pixar's latest movie is proving that isn't something to demonize.
  — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 10 Mar. 2022
• But if that’s the case, then why is there so much information out there demonizing sugar?
  — Corey Buhay, Outside Online, 25 June 2025
• Few people, after all, will be thrilled about working for a president who demonizes their jobs.
  — Peter Schroeder, Foreign Affairs, 17 Jan. 2025
• She was demonized as crazy and out of control where she had once been admired, even idolized, for her nonconformist views.
  — Daphne Merkin, The New Republic, 11 Aug. 2023
• But invariably, these calls are co-opted by conservatives to demonize those on the short end of the stick.
  — Literary Hub, 30 Mar. 2026
• The political sport of demonizing those who come here for a better life is appalling.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 3 Apr. 2024
• Now the Left in America demonizes them.
  — Stephen Moore, Boston Herald, 29 May 2026
• There were assaults in schools, where inclusive language was demonized and outlawed.
  — Scott Maxwell, The Orlando Sentinel, 12 June 2026
• This flood of attention feels to him like one more way to demonize Black people and convey the sense that nothing has changed.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2022
• Or stands proudly athwart a county that has long demonized it as too dirty, too crime-ridden — in other words, too Latino.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 July 2026
• Otherwise, you will be demonized.
  — Luisa Beltran, Sportico.com, 19 Feb. 2026
• Their opponents had to be demonized on electoral hustings and on the floors of the House and Senate.
  — Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 May 2024
• While the film shows these changes aren't something to demonize, some parents found issue with the topic being brought into a children's movie.
  — Sara M Moniuszko, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2022
• These claims were part of a broader effort to demonize Haitians and ensure that independence failed.
  — Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 Oct. 2025
• War has always been a time for propaganda, of demonizing the enemy and pumping up your side.
  — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• Nor will demonizing investors and landlords.
  — Bloomberg Opinion, Twin Cities, 29 Mar. 2026
• Nor will demonizing investors and landlords.
  — Editorial, Boston Herald, 30 Mar. 2026
• The laws now being demonized are the very reason the Documerica photos are images of the past, not the present.
  — James Salzman, The Conversation, 5 Jan. 2026
• This lawsuit doesn’t give any of us an excuse to demonize her because of her weight; that would be doing the exact violence she’s accused of.
  — Vulture, 2 Aug. 2023
• Bread, often demonized in modern diets, also plays a key role when prepared correctly.
  — Ashlyn Messier, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
• And, from that, came a week of Amanda being demonized by the media, which was absolutely a breach of human rights.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2023