How to Use blackball in a Sentence

blackball

verb

• For that, the N.F.L. owners appear to have blackballed him from the league this year.
  — Michael Powell, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2017
• For years she was blackballed and had to settle for crumbs.
  — Michael Phillips, chicagotribune.com, 7 Aug. 2019
• Kaepernick is no longer in the league and claims he was blackballed for his actions.
  — Author: Sarah Blaskey, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Feb. 2020
• Y’all care enough to throw some dollars that way, but Kap’s still blackballed, huh?
  — Mike Jones, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2019
• Now, as if blackballing Kaepernick from the league wasn’t bad enough, the NFL is salting the earth behind him.
  — Nestor Ramos, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2018
• The hearing will give Kaepernick the chance to officially make the case that he was blackballed by the NFL.
  — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, 6 Sep. 2018
• And, in one case, been blackballed from ever working again.
  — Ann Killion, SFChronicle.com, 5 Dec. 2019
• At any rate, Pearl’s actions got him blackballed from moving up in the coaching ranks for years.
  — Andy Staples, SI.com, 26 Feb. 2018
• Or at that, why risk being blackballed by key team owners?
  — Brendan Marks, charlotteobserver, 30 Sep. 2017
• Cowher dismissed the idea that Kaepernick was being blackballed by NFL teams.
  — Richard Deitsch, SI.com, 10 Sep. 2017
• When Mr Pence arrived at last, the Palestinians blackballed him.
  — The Economist, 25 Jan. 2018
• Justin’s solo career took off after that and Janet was blackballed.
  — Alexia Fernandez, PEOPLE.com, 3 Feb. 2018
• His claim says the team marginalized and blackballed him, stalling a career that had been on track to land him a job as a general manager.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 4 Apr. 2023
• Colin Kaepernick is suing the league for blackballing him, and that blackballing is so much clearer than the catch rule ever was.
  — Michael Rosenberg, SI.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers went so far as to say Kaepernick was being blackballed from the league.
  — Nancy Armour, USA TODAY, 30 May 2020
• Facebook either stifles them, buys them, shuts them down, blackballs them.
  — John McCormack, National Review, 20 June 2019
• Kaepernick is asserting that he's been blackballed by the NFL for his social activism.
  — Aaron Wilson, Houston Chronicle, 25 Apr. 2018
• Kaepernick left the 49ers at the end of the season but was never signed by another team, leading to accusations that the NFL was blackballing him.
  — Tyler Aquilina, EW.com, 13 Aug. 2019
• Kaepernick wasn't signed by a team in 2017 and remains a free agent amid accusations owners have blackballed him.
  — Geoffrey C. Arnold, OregonLive.com, 23 May 2018
• To Bennett, the fact that the former 49ers quarterback is still a free agent makes for an easy answer to this question: Is Kaepernick being blackballed?
  — Des Bieler, chicagotribune.com, 16 June 2017
• Scott Carpenter had been blackballed for poor performance on the fourth Mercury flight.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 19 Dec. 2017
• Kaepernick, who was an unsigned free agent for all of last season, has accused the league of blackballing him for his political views.
  — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 23 May 2018
• Afterward, the student says, he was blackballed from applying for a job in the department.
  — Ben Guarino, The Verge, 12 Nov. 2018
• Kaepernick still remains, essentially, blackballed from the league, having not been signed by any team in two years.
  — Aric Jenkins, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2019
• The former 49ers quaterback believes that the league blackballed him over his political views.
  — Jenna West, SI.com, 30 May 2018
• Zhu posted a copy of the email from state director Laurie DeJack and said she was being blackballed for refusing to try on a hijab in 2018.
  — Nick Givas, Fox News, 23 July 2019
• The woman reportedly said she was blackballed from Fox after ending the affair in 2015.
  — Leada Gore, AL.com, 7 July 2017
• If that high-profile man was an actor, he'd likely be blackballed by Hollywood for future roles.
  — Chris Cillizza, CNN, 29 June 2017
• The lawyer is confident what is going on, from bullying to trying to blackball him with a feeling a betrayal.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2021
• In the curious state of mind that anti-vax doctors are known for, the cold-fusion crew dug in, and its members now grouse about having been blackballed from elite journals and reputable conferences.
  — Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024