Sentence with the word boycott

Answer 1

An example of a boycott is one of the famous ones, the Montgomery Bus Boycott when Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus. Another example is the International Buy Nothing Day to try to stop the over-consumption of purchasing things.

Answer 2

It means to stop using the services or buying the goods of a company, country or other entity. Usually done by a large group of people all at once in order to compel the company to change some policy that is perceived as wrong.

A good example is when people stopped buying shoes from some companies because they were getting their substandard shoes made by little children in some Mickey Mouse country in some depressed country somewhere. (I think the boycott was aimed at the use of child slaves, not the quality of the shoes.)

Answer 3

Civil rights leaders boycotted many businesses during the Civil Rights Movement. Boycott means to protest in a civil way. Leaders in the Movement boycotted using sit-ins in North Carolina.

Answer 4

The environmentalists proposed a boycott of all non-environmentally friendly products.

Answer 5

We will boycott the products.

The people of the UK should boycott Starbucks until they pay their taxes.

The boycott nearly made the business bankrupt.

Answer 6

We should start a bus Boycott.