How to Use stardom in a Sentence

stardom

noun
  • The Writing's on the Wall that launched them to stardom.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 28 Feb. 2024
  • At the height of his stardom in the 80s and 90s, MJ held the whole world in a chokehold.
    Ebony Flake, Essence, 15 Feb. 2024
  • At the time, the band had achieved rock stardom after the release of Songs About Jane.
    Daniela Avila, Peoplemag, 13 July 2023
  • Slate took a circuitous path to both love and comedic stardom.
    Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
  • There’s the hungry young artist who seems marked for stardom long before the rest of the world has caught on.
    Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2023
  • He’s witnessed the cons as well as the pros of stardom while spending time with Bridges.
    Thor Christensen, Dallas News, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Usher related the themes of the project to the challenges of his own stardom.
    Danielle Amir Jackson Malike Sidibe, New York Times, 11 Oct. 2023
  • The 24-year-old went from late-night rap battles in their living room to the cusp of rap stardom.
    Andre Gee, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2023
  • In the cover story, Julien Baker spoke to us about the group’s rise to stardom.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2023
  • Bowie at this point is riding high on rock and roll stardom.
    Jordan A. Rothacker, SPIN, 20 Dec. 2023
  • In the movies, even casual erotic hookups tend to be viewed through a sheen of stardom.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Even in an election year where fear of psy-ops and pop stardom collide.
    Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • In a way, the hotel predates the movie stardom that Beverly Hills is known for.
    Allyson Portee, Forbes, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Bryan has, by and large, steered clear of the Nashville machine, and the prescribed route to today’s country stardom.
    Jeff Gage, Rolling Stone, 6 Sep. 2023
  • Justice Gutierrez is on the fast track to Colorado wrestling stardom.
    Ryan McFadden, The Denver Post, 15 Feb. 2024
  • While the catcher might come across as boring, his skill and loyalty have him on a path to stardom.
    Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2023
  • Manning so nailed the mannerisms and soul of a girl from the wrong side of the tracks who longed for stardom that Davis also felt confused.
    Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 Dec. 2023
  • Picture it: The curtain rises on a beautiful, young singer on the cusp of stardom.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
  • As John’s stardom grows, Taupin, who writes alone and seldom visits the studio or goes on the road, finds himself at loose ends.
    Allison Stewart, Washington Post, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Over the course of a summer, a woman tells her three daughters the story of her affair, at 19, with an actor on the cusp of stardom.
    Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 3 Jan. 2024
  • From the beginning, the band set their sights on achieving global stardom.
    Ashley Riegle, ABC News, 13 Mar. 2023
  • Jabari Banks was even cast in the trailer as an emerging Metro Boomin to showcase their friendship on their rise to stardom.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 25 Jan. 2024
  • Lapointe was one of many people Bergeron reached out to for help on his journey to NHL stardom.
    Jim McBride, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
  • But her love of music was global, much like her stardom would later be.
    Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 May 2023
  • At 34, the mother of two is looking to reverse the look that catapulted her to stardom.
    Aude Soichet, ABC News, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Since the actor’s arrest in March, the 34-year-old’s meteoric rise to Hollywood stardom has come to a halt.
    Alexandra Del Rosario, Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2023
  • In this 1959 column, Freeman looked back at at that first encounter and Belfonte’s rise to stardom.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Women’s hockey is ready for its closeup and its chance at stardom.
    Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 12 Nov. 2023
  • And so not only a star, but an ideology of stardom, was born.
    Tara Isabella Burton, WSJ, 13 Oct. 2023
  • But apparently, this was her time to give stardom a shot.
    Kimi Robinson, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2024

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