singling in English

verb

1

choose someone or something from a group for special treatment.

one newspaper was singled out for criticism

synonyms: select, pick out, choose, decide on, target, earmark, mark out, separate out, set apart/aside

2

hit a single.

Aaron singled to center

verb

select, pick out, choose, decide on, target, earmark, mark out, separate out, set apart/aside

Use "singling" in a sentence

1. Singling out someone of the opposite sex for special attention. . .

2. Two forms of livestock in particular are worth singling out.

3. So let’s put the blame squarely where it belongs, on Ben and Jerry, for the Bigoted, antisemitic singling out of Israel

4. In singling out gay men, the offence bears the hallmarks of homophobic prejudice, and belongs to the less tolerant era.

5. Targeted sanctions emphasize the need for individual accountability by singling out those considered most responsible for the commission of serious human rights abuses.

6. Frequently we abstract from this covenant by singling out the Ten Commandments and ignoring much of the remainder of the Mosaic code.

7. Now, lest you assume that the Boeotians were, in fact, very dull, you should understand that singling out a town, state, or other

8. Casteism is the practice of singling out and discriminating against a group of people on the grounds of their inherent characteristics. Classism, on the other hand, is prejudice against people belonging to a certain socioeconomic class

9. Examples: Singling out someone for abuse or harassment, suggesting a tragic event did not happen or that victims or their families are actors or complicit in a cover-up of the event