How to Use pigeonhole in a Sentence

pigeonhole

verb

• She likes to perform different types of music because she doesn't want to be pigeonholed.
• That could pigeonhole the type of line the Dolphins can feature.
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 1 Sep. 2020
• Why do people get pigeonholed as bad or good in the first place?
  — Danny Westneat, The Seattle Times, 7 July 2017
• Both sides felt pigeonholed and stereotyped over the years.
  — Lisa Rosen, latimes.com, 13 June 2018
• The industry might try to pigeonhole her in this rap game, but she’s got a plan that’s much bigger.
  — Rachel Yang, EW.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• Before Aaron Nola ever got to the big leagues he was pigeonholed as a No. 3 starter — at best.
  — Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 11 Apr. 2018
• A ton of us work from home these days, but that shouldn’t pigeonhole you to hunching over a laptop at your kitchen table.
  — Landon Pemper, Chron, 15 Mar. 2021
• The days of Dallas pigeonholing itself into a small set of coverages should be a thing of the past.
  — John Owning, Dallas News, 29 Jan. 2020
• But he’s somewhat pigeonholed himself as a red zone threat and little else the past two seasons.
  — Stephen Holder, Indianapolis Star, 7 Sep. 2017
• Even Jeff himself is written in such a way that he can’t be pigeonholed as a character one way or the other.
  — Karen Han, Vox, 8 Sep. 2018
• Pumphrey, in many minds, will be pigeonholed into being a specialist in the NFL because of his size.
  — Bob Brookover, Philly.com, 2 May 2017
• The Suns and Jae Crowder have repeatedly told the media to not pigeonhole him as just a 3-point gunner.
  — Dana Scott, The Arizona Republic, 5 May 2022
• Some may try to pigeonhole Flowers as a slot receiver at the next level because of his size.
  — David Furones, Sun Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
• There’s no way to really pigeonhole the region because there’s a lot of great people all over.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 21 Aug. 2019
• While pigeonholing has no place in their work, finishing each other’s sentences is a big part of the process.
  — Erika Houle, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2023
• The 33-year-old actor is working overtime to make sure that as a tall, burly Black man, he doesn’t get pigeonholed into certain roles.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 9 Mar. 2020
• He was also fed up at being pigeonholed as a Cherokee artist.
  — Jori Finkel, New York Times, 10 Mar. 2017
• The Swedish writer Henning Mankell did not let himself be pigeonholed.
  — Dennis Drabelle, Washington Post, 5 Mar. 2020
• But, don’t pigeonhole people —their feelings may change over time.
  — Gwen Moran, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2019
• We are often pigeonholed as being hosts or servers in the industry.
  — George McCalman, San Francisco Chronicle, 25 May 2018
• Those are broad strokes, of course, and no doubt there are fans who would squirm at being politically pigeonholed.
  — Brian McCollum, Detroit Free Press, 16 Sep. 2017
• There is nothing about this book that is pigeonholed or apologetic.
  — Tyler Ford, Teen Vogue, 29 Aug. 2018
• The idea is less to pigeonhole people and more to remember that not everyone is exactly like you.
  — Business Insider, Fortune, 24 Aug. 2017
• Nor does the brand want to pigeonhole itself, as Li and Zhou look beyond China for inspiration.
  — CNN, 5 Apr. 2022
• For as long as there has been a fashion industry in the United States there have been attempts to pigeonhole it and squish it into manageable form.
  — New York Times, 9 Sep. 2021
• Park could understand that desire to not be pigeonholed.
  — Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 6 July 2023
• My secret ambition was to break out of whatever pigeonhole that people had placed me in.
  — David Lyman, Cincinnati.com, 28 July 2017
• But turns out Miami’s new coaches envision him as a pass catching, third-down back and have pigeonholed him there.
  — Omar Kelly, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Oct. 2019
• But as one of the first country stars to emerge in the wide-open streaming landscape, Bryan doesn't pigeonhole himself to just country, knowing his listeners don't do that either.
  — Milwaukee, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 June 2017
• The magnitude of the Me Too movement made pigeonholing each one of us impossible.
  — Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024