Examples of scarlet letter in a Sentence
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If the Rockies lose 125 games, or even 115 games, will Schaffer be marked by the scarlet letter of failure?
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
De-shame debt Debt, whether from student loans or credit cards, can feel like a scarlet letter.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Like the unnamed narrator who finds Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter in the Salem Custom House and then sets about telling her tale, Banks’s narrators are anonymous busybodies and town gossips, nosy neighbors or observers once removed from the action.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
The two medical students were surprised that in Chicago, adding ketchup could earn someone a scarlet letter.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
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Patrick Saunders, Denver Post, 25 May 2025
De-shame debt Debt, whether from student loans or credit cards, can feel like a scarlet letter.
—Anna Kaufman, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024
Like the unnamed narrator who finds Hester Prynne’s scarlet letter in the Salem Custom House and then sets about telling her tale, Banks’s narrators are anonymous busybodies and town gossips, nosy neighbors or observers once removed from the action.
—Casey Cep, The New Yorker, 17 Apr. 2024
The two medical students were surprised that in Chicago, adding ketchup could earn someone a scarlet letter.
—Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 13 Apr. 2024
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“Scarlet letter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/scarlet%20letter. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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