How to Use stigmatize in a Sentence

stigmatize

verb

• Try to de-stigmatize healthy needs.
  — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2026
• But the choice to be child-free is still somewhat stigmatized.
  — Erica Sweeney, Men's Health, 19 Apr. 2023
• Teen parents have been shamed and stigmatized.
  — Riley J. Steiner, STAT, 20 Apr. 2026
• Cetron had talked openly about how that power had been used in the past as a weapon to stigmatize.
  — Anchorage Daily News, 16 Oct. 2020
• The left’s pressure groups and media will then stigmatize donors.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 14 Jan. 2021
• That was an eye-opener for me about how periods are stigmatized.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 30 Apr. 2024
• But creating new, healthy eating habits can be tough when so much of our food is stigmatized as bad.
  — Alex Zaragoza, Los Angeles Times, 5 Jan. 2024
• Because hair loss is already stigmatized and shamed.
  — Alison Mann, SELF, 5 Sep. 2025
• But for an older woman, being called a witch can still stigmatize.
  — Longreads, 10 June 2019
• That's because service members were afraid they would be laughed at or stigmatized.
  — The New York Times, NOLA.com, 16 Dec. 2017
• For many teens, real care is hard to find, expensive, or stigmatized.
  — Ryan McBain, STAT, 2 July 2026
• That left out families that weren't poor enough, stigmatized those who were, and added to growing school meal debt.
  — Steve Karnowski and Susan Montoya Bryan The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2023
• Because all of this stuff has been so stigmatized that a lot of them don’t have people who aren’t going to judge them.
  — Michelle Weber, Longreads, 19 June 2018
• This is a cheap ploy, designed to chill debate and stigmatize those prepared to engage in it.
  — Andrew Sullivan, Daily Intelligencer, 30 Mar. 2018
• Many other women were forced to bear children against their will and were stigmatized for doing so.
  — Jill Filipovic, Time, 28 June 2018
• Do not hide or stigmatize the role of therapy or support groups; these are lifelines.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 9 Aug. 2020
• In the past, discussing mental health has also been stigmatized and viewed by some as a sign of weakness.
  — Li Zhou, Vox, 3 July 2024
• Dozens who dared to protest and defy the ban over the years were jailed, prosecuted, and stigmatized.
  — Aya Batrawy, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2018
• Lesotho is poor, and AIDS is stigmatized.
  — Majirata Latela, The Dial, 13 Jan. 2026
• Linhorst said the women are concerned that the tests could be used to stigmatize them or lead to providers not trusting them.
  — Kaitlyn Kanzler, USA TODAY, 27 Mar. 2023
• And there have been huge cultural strides in de-stigmatizing mental health.
  — Caitlin Flynn, Glamour, 27 Mar. 2019
• Attendees saw the event as a safe space to connect with others in the fandom, which has long been stigmatized.
  — Jessica Ma, Dallas Morning News, 29 Mar. 2026
• Conroy and Gruel fear oil spills stigmatize seafood and food safety for years after an event.
  — Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 6 Oct. 2021
• Using GLP-1s for weight loss has even been a bit stigmatized at times.
  — Petra Guglielmetti, Glamour, 16 Apr. 2026
• The result was that the doctors who wanted to be thought highly of were not wearing masks, and those who did were stigmatized.
  — Lauren Collins, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2020
• In this high-stakes climate, failure is not stigmatized — it’s normalized.
  — Rchin Bari, Boston Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
• Bierman said the overarching goal is to drive sales by de-stigmatizing cannabis.
  — James Rufus Koren, latimes.com, 25 May 2018
• The things that are stigmatized or shrouded in silence yet experienced by women all around the world.
  — Lisa Deaderick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
• It is highly stigmatized despite its prevalence and many who are going through menopause must suffer in silence.
  — Janice Gassam Asare, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2025
• In short order, gay men were stigmatized and blamed in what would become one of the biggest public health disasters of all time.
  — Time, 11 June 2025