How to Use Peter Pan in a Sentence

Peter Pan

noun
  • The park has replaced the earworm with a song from Peter Pan.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2023
  • For a long time, I was used to being the girl who sings ‘Peter Pan’ to people.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2024
  • My nose looks kind of pushed up like Peter Pan or something.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Raye Zaragoza: think that the pillars of the story is still the Peter Pan that everyone knows and loves.
    Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The ’90s are trendy again, and the millennials who lived through them the first time have a bit of a Peter Pan complex.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Barrie was a friend of the royal family and is best known as the creator of Peter Pan.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Lyles attended church dressed as Peter Pan and climbed on the shelves at Costco.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 27 June 2024
  • Based on the classic Peter Pan, sailors who are over 21 will find a secret whiskey bar for perhaps the best haircut of their lives.
    James Barrett, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The ropes hoisting Peter Pan are lashed across the upper part of the set with utter disregard for the poor actor’s head.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Both of their coats were long and double-breasted with Peter Pan collars.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Like Pinocchio, Bambi and Peter Pan also have standalone films in the works.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 May 2024
  • Polish it off with a Peter Pan collar attachment, some heinous blush, and a bottle of booze in your purse.
    Them, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Enter Peter Pan’s Flight, which typically has a line out the door (with a long indoor stretch).
    Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Princess Charlotte, eight, looked adorable in a blue-and-white striped dress with a Peter Pan collar, a little white cardigan, and navy slide-on sneakers.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 July 2023
  • Antiquarian, winner of the Peter Pan on May 11, should go off at a long price.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
  • Charlotte, meanwhile, wore a striped dress with a Peter Pan collar, while her brother George wore a blue polo and green pants.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 14 July 2023
  • His father took him on Peter Pan’s Flight, one of the park’s original attractions.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In the former, the group is saying goodbye to their childhood while dipping into the Peter Pan motifs and free falling.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In recent years, Peter Pan Seafoods posted a price in mid June, which was welcomed by fishermen.
    Jessie Sheldon, Jack Darrell, Christina McDermott, Corinne Smith, Kdlg News, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • While many film versions of the Peter Pan story have been made (including cult-classic Hook), none so far have managed to hit at the box office.
    Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 8 July 2020
  • And Kelley followed that up pretty quickly with an offer to play Peter Pan.
    Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In London, the crowd assembled near a statue of Peter Pan, where handmade signs, balloons, and flowers were placed to honor Payne.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
  • The Peter Pan ride was a favorite according to her Instagram story!
    Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Here, Disney fans can live out the familiar fairy tales of their childhood aboard classic attractions, like Peter Pan’s Flight.
    Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2024
  • For her Vogue cover shoot, Dua traded off a ton of different hairstyles, including this sleek Peter Pan cut.
    Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 28 Nov. 2022
  • Utilizing the latest technologies, the parade will bring to life beloved characters from Peter Pan, Frozen, Encanto, and more.
    Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2024
  • Students there will put on a play about Peter Pan this year and were looking forward to using a new playground, which will have adaptive elements for kids in wheelchairs and with other special needs.
    Krista Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 8 Aug. 2024
  • At another performance, a dummy version of Peter Pan fell to the floor prematurely.
    Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Just like Peter Pan, there’s a growing cohort of Gen Zers who are refusing to grow up and embrace life’s major milestones to adulthood, like getting some form of qualification or joining the world of work.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 June 2024
  • Now it's been given new life as a live action film, ensuring many more kids will be enthralled by the story of Peter Pan's magical adventure into Neverland.
    Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 6 Oct. 2023

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