Example Sentences

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Jeff Li felt pigeonholed in his job in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 14, 2026

Many actors are pigeonholed by a successful TV series.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

The American actor says she is "always" being pigeonholed into a certain role due to her age but she "resists at every turn".

From BBC • Jan. 28, 2026

“Because what’s worst is you get pigeonholed and what’s best is I haven’t been. It means that I’m still making movies, despite hopping all over the place.”

From Los Angeles Times • May 8, 2025

Second, developmental sequences are not invariant, so examples pigeonholed under the same stage are inevitably heterogeneous.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond