Sample Sentences for
stigma
(editor-reviewed)

stigma as in:  suffered the stigma of...

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    They even all have the same last name, and she silently curses whoever it was who determined that they should all be named Ward—as if being one weren't enough of a stigma.  (source)
    stigma = something looked down upon by society
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    Do not return to your families with the stigma of disgrace marked on your brows.  (source)
    stigma = mark of societal disapproval
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    What imagination would have been irreverent enough to surmise that the same scorching stigma was on them both!  (source)
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    Stigma, March says, keeps families from accepting a loved one's illness and seeking treatment for them, and it also marginalizes those who are afflicted.  (source)
    Stigma = societal disapproval or shaming
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    Both problems created serious stigmas at the time.  (source)
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    I believe in a system of government that places that liberty at the center of its concerns, that enforces the law solely to protect that freedom, that sides with the individual against the claims of family and tribe and church and nation, that sees innocence before guilt and dignity before stigma.  (source)
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    There's got to be a way to get rid of the stigmas that come along with the numbers, but that's my goal.†  (source)
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    We might wonder whether trying to scare them was the appropriate direction to take, whether there was a social stigma surrounding tetanus that inhibited students from admitting that they were at risk, or perhaps that medical care itself was intimidating to students.  (source)
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    Well, big stigma and fear, I understand.†  (source)
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    However, he carried the stigma of two divorces and would always be tainted as a true Christian.†  (source)
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    That stigma came from both directions: Many of their new neighbors viewed them suspiciously.†  (source)
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    Being adopted isn't really a stigma I've ever had to overcome.†  (source)
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    Because I was born during a time when the stigma of racial hierarchy and Jim Crow had real consequences for the ways my elders had to act or react to a variety of indignations, I was mindful of the way that the daily humiliations and insults accumulated.†  (source)
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