Explore Blackballed through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Blackballed meaning
simple past and past participle of blackball
Using Blackballed
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of blackball
- In the example corpus, blackballed often appears in combinations such as: blackballed by, blackballed from, been blackballed.
Context around Blackballed
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 11 middle, 7 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Blackballed
- In this selection, "blackballed" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, currently, somewhat, radio, golf, position and kaep stand out and add context to how "blackballed" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include after they blackballed kaep for and been effectively blackballed from the. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "blackballed" sits close to words such as abattoirs, aberrant and abike, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with blackballed
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Country radio blackballed them. (4 words)
As he should be, as he IS being blackballed. (9 words)
But he also can’t give up on his “I’ve been blackballed” position. (14 words)
Eric Reid, the San Francisco 49ers safety who has knelt during the national anthem at games for the past two seasons, filed a grievance against the N.F.L., saying the league had blackballed him because of his actions. (39 words)
It was true at the dawn of 2010, as former city councilors Sam Yoon and Michael Flaherty found themselves blackballed in their private businesses for having dared to run for mayor against Tom Menino the year before. (37 words)
During said presser, Jay did not do well when repeatedly asked about former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, who has been effectively blackballed from the league for kneeling for black lives during the 2017 NFL season. (35 words)
How can the NFL be taken seriously as a social-justice champion when it blackballed a player who stood up for equality? (22 words)
Example sentences (20)
BAE is currently blackballed by some 'ethical' investors but, he argues, Ukraine highlights their positive role in safeguarding democracies and standing up to tyrants.
But Mickelson has been blackballed by golf’s mainstream establishment since he was the lead to take the Saudi money and join LIV Golf.
It won’t be long before parents are blackballed from every conversation involving their children.
There are brands he could work with, like Blackballed Golf, J. Butler Golf, Trap Golf, Golfer Bro and Eastside Golf in Atlanta, that he could work with.
Cameras being their is the most important part when there’s speculation about him being blackballed by the league.
Grogan’s report said that Halstead never made a formal sexual harassment complaint to Stojka and that he was not blackballed.
When I look back, I realize the far-reaching importance of it, but at the time we were somewhat blackballed by both the mainstream and hip-hop industry.
But he also can’t give up on his “I’ve been blackballed” position.
Country radio blackballed them.
During said presser, Jay did not do well when repeatedly asked about former NFL player Colin Kaepernick, who has been effectively blackballed from the league for kneeling for black lives during the 2017 NFL season.
How can the NFL be taken seriously as a social-justice champion when it blackballed a player who stood up for equality?
If you make a living serving candidates in elections, you do as they say because you can’t afford to be blackballed.
It was true at the dawn of 2010, as former city councilors Sam Yoon and Michael Flaherty found themselves blackballed in their private businesses for having dared to run for mayor against Tom Menino the year before.
Reid said that the contract did not change his contention that he had been blackballed and that he still believed that owners were colluding against Kaepernick.
Sunjeev Bery, director of Freedom Forward, which launched the petition, said bin Salman should be blackballed over Khashoggi’s killing, Saudi-led military operations in Yemen’s civil war and other human rights abuses.
This comes as a relief to most Hov fans because he was accused of “selling out” after inking a deal with the league after they blackballed Kaep for the past three years.
Though he is HIV-negative, Santoro has previously been a vocal advocate for HIV-positive adult video performers blackballed by the industry over their HIV-statuses.
As he should be, as he IS being blackballed.
Douglas, 73, also rejected the unnamed woman’s claim that he had her blackballed from the movie industry after he fired her.
Eric Reid, the San Francisco 49ers safety who has knelt during the national anthem at games for the past two seasons, filed a grievance against the N.F.L., saying the league had blackballed him because of his actions.
Common combinations with blackballed
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- blackballed by 5×
- blackballed from 4×
- been blackballed 3×
- being blackballed 3×
- be blackballed 2×
- blackballed in 2×
- had blackballed 2×
- blackballed him 2×