How to Use name-calling in a Sentence

name-calling

noun

• The Fed, for its part, stays largely out of the muck of name-calling.
  — Allison Morrow, CNN, 8 Aug. 2024
• Some readers couldn’t get over the wife’s name-calling.
  — Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
• Some readers couldn’t get over the wife’s name-calling.
  — Brian Anthony Hernandez, People.com, 5 Apr. 2025
• Congress is known not to shy away from theatrics and name-calling.
  — Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 24 Apr. 2025
• Well, except for the bad stuff — the armchair experts, the name-calling on social media, the chorus and the doubt.
  — Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
• Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
  — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 26 Jan. 2024
• Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 10 Jan. 2024
• Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
  — Joelle Goldstein, Peoplemag, 3 Nov. 2023
• Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
  — Kelly Martinez, Peoplemag, 26 Sep. 2023
• Taped in April, the three-parter included plenty of name-calling.
  — Dave Quinn, Peoplemag, 6 July 2023
• Just name-calling and false statements as to the origin of the prosecution.
  — Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 15 June 2024
• Amid the name-calling, however, Scott Stephen of Glendale made a point that a few others echoed.
  — Joanna Allhands, The Arizona Republic, 4 Sep. 2024
• Yes, but: His statement after the shooting had its own name-calling.
  — Carlie Kollath Wells, Axios, 14 July 2024
• Guys, go ahead, bring on the racist and misogynistic name-calling and dog whistles.
  — Laura Washington, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2024
• There’s been name-calling, rumors and a couple of arguments that the teachers had to step in to settle.
  — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 19 July 2025
• Economic uncertainty is what won the day for Trump and the GOP this past week, not name-calling or hate speech.
  — Baltimore Sun Editorial Board, Baltimore Sun, 10 Nov. 2024
• What has happened to Black players has been a litany of name-calling and threats, to the point that some teams have had to increase security.
  — Susan M. Shaw, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
• Taped in April, the three-part special included plenty of name-calling.
  — Farai Bennett, Peoplemag, 6 Nov. 2023
• After an ensuing back-and-forth about name-calling, Stahl offered to move on.
  — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 3 Apr. 2023
• Thursday’s action ends more than a year of legal battles and name-calling in Trump’s bid to make the 16.4-acre estate profitable.
  — Miami Herasld Archives, Miami Herald, 7 Jan. 2025
• The issue of violence — not yelling or name-calling, but violence — should not be swept under the rug.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 16 Oct. 2023
• Meanwhile, the ruling also did not stop the name-calling that has long accompanied SB9 and SB10.
  — Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
• The company stressed the need to be respectful: no trolling, no name-calling, no politics.
  — Nico Grant, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
• That led to criticism that Salazar was acting like the Cuban regime and devolved later into name-calling.
  — Suzanne Gamboa, NBC News, 19 Jan. 2024
• But the president didn’t stop with name-calling.
  — Matt Peterson, CNBC, 10 June 2026
• That name-calling doesn’t keep small businesses like this open.
  — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 June 2026
• Cofer noted that the evening was a forum, rather than a debate and that name-calling wasn’t allowed.
  — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 10 Apr. 2026
• In the main saloon, Ellie asks for João’s advice on how to handle Ben’s name-calling.
  — Rafaela Bassili, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2026
• The verbal dispute led to name-calling and an invitation to fight.
  — Dale Denwalt, Oklahoman, 5 Mar. 2026
• But the response should not be hand-wringing or name-calling.
  — Reardon Sullivan, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2026