How to Use hazing in a Sentence

hazing

noun
  • What starts as fun soon turns to terror when a hazing ritual on the beach goes too far.
    Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The university said the hazing allegations do not rise to the level of a crime.
    Mary Kilpatrick, cleveland, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Hugh Webster of Chevy Chase, Maryland, three counts of assault and two of hazing.
    Sarah Brookbank, Cincinnati.com, 3 Oct. 2019
  • At least six hazing deaths since 2017 were alcohol-related.
    Adam M. McCready, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
  • One resulted in a student being found responsible for hazing.
    Elizabeth Hernandez, The Denver Post, 8 Nov. 2019
  • Montgomery forfeited its Friday game against Huntsville earlier this week in light of the team’s recent hazing scandal.
    Adam Coleman, Houston Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2019
  • The incidents include those reported in San Diego and the 2016 hazing death of Pvt.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Young and Casey each pleaded guilty in July to 14 counts of hazing and one count of reckless endangerment — all misdemeanors.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Because of stagnating growth and the ever-hungry demands of capitalism for more capital, Iraq needed a good hazing.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The project detailed the hazing and death of the 18-year-old freshman.
    Sheridan Hendrix, USA TODAY, 23 June 2020
  • The move arguably could have been akin to hazing or at the very least a challenging joke on the trio.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 8 Jan. 2022
  • He was also ordered to speak at high schools about the dangers of hazing.
    Warren Kulo | Wkulo@al.com, al, 9 Mar. 2023
  • The specific nature of the hazing has not been disclosed.
    Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Aug. 2023
  • But in terms of him using the term ‘hazing,’ that never occurred.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 4 May 2024
  • What was the response to the Northwestern hazing scandal?
    Lorenzo Reyes, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Linskey said in Monday's statement that hazing has no place in school.
    NBC News, 11 Jan. 2022
  • The goal is to scare an animal away, not injure it, says the FWC on their coyote hazing video.
    Bill Kearney, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2023
  • The bear required a different type of hazing than the others.
    Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2024
  • One of the first tests the couple faced was the city’s familiar hazing ritual: finding a place to live.
    New York Times, 1 June 2022
  • One of the teens, a 15-year-old, was initially charged with rape, kidnapping and hazing.
    The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
  • The school has acknowledged that some type of hazing occurred.
    Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2020
  • As part of freshman hazing, Williams’s teammates shaved his head.
    Jonathan Abrams Michael Noble Jr., New York Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • The students could face fines of up to $1,200, as student hazing is a class B misdemeanor in New Hampshire.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022
  • The student, 15 at the time of the offense, pleaded guilty to felonious assault, abduction and hazing as part of a plea deal.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
  • Corrosive big-bro clown antics with a top note of hazing.
    Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Feb. 2023
  • Plebe year was rough due to the merciless hazing by upperclassmen, and MacArthur came in for his share.
    National Geographic, 9 Jan. 2020
  • All eight were charged with unlawful hazing of a student.
    NBC News, 25 Sep. 2021
  • As a sort of virtual hazing at school, the Cuties push Amy into the boys’ bathroom to video-record a boy’s genitals.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2020
  • Power is at the root of bullying and hazing, which though similar can often be like flip sides of the same coin.
    Tara Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Nov. 2021
  • All of them are also charged with hazing and kidnapping.
    Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 5 May 2023

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