Example Sentences

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It wasn’t just the silicone that media outlets had branded suspicious and sinister.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

While detained, he noticed authorities had branded the interrogation area as a pseudo-mental wellness safe space — messaging that contradicted the reality of his experience.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

Pecker obliged to a point, describing others he had helped in the past, people his employees had branded “FOPs,” for “Friends of Pecker.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 27, 2024

A five-day immersive musical and theatrical event, Boomtown had branded its 2021 comeback "The Gathering", as a celebration of the return of social contact.

From BBC • Jun. 15, 2021

To my astonishment I heard that Buddy Nealson had branded me a “smuggler of reaction.”

From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright