Sentence examples for a scapegoating from inspiring English sources

For the air traffic controllers, in contrast, the public demonization feels like a scapegoating campaign whipped up unfairly by the government, in part to hide its own failings.

Managers in Partnership will resist a scapegoating charter, because false attribution – good for politicians and vested interests – is bad for patients.

The town decided that it was stronger as a cohesive unit than as a scapegoating machine that fell upon the ease and comfort of stereotyping.

She believes that the radicalism and the anti-Americanism arise from our ties to Israel, when they spring from countless other sources: a deep alienation between ruler and ruled, a rage born of the disappointments of the young, a scapegoating that shifts onto America the blame for the ills of an Arab world unsettled and teased by exposure to a modern civilization it can neither master nor reject.

This was clearly a scapegoating verdict rather than an honest intent to troubleshoot.

At best, eco-friendly consumerism is a way to make a small impact; at worst, it's a scapegoating of responsibility from governments and corporations onto the consumer, who must now buy even more stuff to save the planet – and it's not cheap; a KeepCup costs an average of £20.

It needs a scapegoat.

"I feel like a scapegoat".

You always have a scapegoat".

Forever seeking a scapegoat.

Everyone loves a scapegoat.