Example Sentences

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For decades, we’ve demonized the sun, but it turns out we were mostly wrong.

From Slate • Jun. 16, 2026

They had now been in and out of courtrooms, in city council meetings; they had been demonized by friends and local activists.

From Slate • Mar. 25, 2026

Then a few years later everyone is over the panic, the technology is normal and the next thing becomes demonized.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

“They have been so demonized both by elected officials, the media, people see them as less than. They don’t think that people will even acknowledge their loss or death,” Whitehead said.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024

“Ms. Keaton, do you think Shakespeare demonized dark men by depicting Caliban in that way? A friend of mine thinks so.”

From "Saints and Misfits" by S.K. Ali