How to Use stigma in a Sentence

stigma

noun
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  • There's a social stigma attached to receiving welfare.
  • They are grouped in the center of the bloom around the stigma.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
  • A lot of guys were just scared of the stigma that came with it.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
  • There’s a whole thing about the video game curse and the stigma of that.
    — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Dab the pollen on the tip of the stigma in the center of the female flower.
    — Benjamin Whitacre, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The stigma of shame is often greater than the courage to protect the child.
    — Time, 10 Nov. 2022
  • There’s just a stigma attached to it, and that needs to change.
    — Dane Mizutani, Twin Cities, 24 Dec. 2019
  • Animals don’t have the stigma that comes with the loss of a limb.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, kansascity, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The media has the power to help the mental health stigma.
    — Jenna Ryu, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2022
  • But even in the face of this progress, health stigma still persists.
    — Zahra Barnes, SELF, 1 Dec. 2020
  • The more access to care, the less stigma—and vice versa.
    — Evan Nison, Rolling Stone, 2 Mar. 2023
  • There was so much pain that was still attached to it and so much stigma.
    — Natalia M. Perez-Gonzalez, refinery29.com, 9 Feb. 2022
  • And then there is the stigma attached to being a young mother.
    — Freep.com, 16 Apr. 2021
  • At that time, there was such a stigma around mental health.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, PEOPLE.com, 1 June 2022
  • Together the ovary, style and stigma make up the pistil.
    — Rita Perwich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Feb. 2022
  • Before the pandemic, there was the same kind of stigma and anger.
    — Sarah Laskow, The Atlantic, 29 Nov. 2021
  • That may help begin to break the stigma attached to being menopausal at work.
    — Jeanne Sahadi, CNN, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Winfrey and her co-panelists are on a mission to change the stigma.
    — Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023
  • There’s just such a stigma about asking a person out on a friend date.
    — Maggie Bullock, Marie Claire, 10 Dec. 2018
  • The stigma and shame of it being too cheap and tacky is long gone, boxed out by the coronavirus.
    — Brent Schrotenboer, USA TODAY, 2 July 2020
  • The Overman doesn't want to overcome death, but rather, the stigma of death.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 1 Jan. 1995
  • How about a cure for weight stigma that isn't about (us) losing weight?
    — Karen Weintraub, USA TODAY, 2 Apr. 2023
  • Decreasing the shame and stigma of mental health is huge.
    — Alice Short, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2022
  • There's been a stigma for a long time that guys aren’t supposed to show their emotions.
    — Jon Patrick Hatcher, Good Housekeeping, 30 Apr. 2019
  • Reefer Madness,’ and does not view cannabis as a stigma.
    — Anne Sraders, Fortune, 17 June 2019
  • But the stigma around mental health issues, at least, has eased.
    — New York Times, 10 May 2022
  • Al Said has spent the past two decades working to shatter stigma.
    — Jair Hilburn, Forbes, 14 Mar. 2022
  • Yet there’s still plenty of stigma in the workplace around menopause and aging.
    — Michelle Carnahan, STAT, 22 Jan. 2023
  • And yet, experts say there is a stigma attached to seeking help.
    — Diane Herbst, PEOPLE.com, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Weight stigma also shows up in the questions that researchers don’t ask.
    — Virginia Sole-Smith, Scientific American, 6 Mar. 2021

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