How to Use cheerleader in a Sentence

cheerleader

noun
  • These are the 16 best movies and TV shows that put the spotlight on cheerleaders.
    EW.com, 26 Feb. 2024
  • In 2011, a cheerleader at the local high school erupted in a fit of spasms.
    Azeen Ghorayshi Amber Bracken, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2023
  • Stone was a cheerleader, and two of her teammates from the fall are managers for the wrestling team.
    Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
  • At the time, Passaro was a star athlete and Hall the head cheerleader.
    Maham Javaid, Washington Post, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The Raiders’ supporters and cheerleaders came out in full force as the spotlight hung above the mat.
    Jacob Steinberg, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2024
  • The ball was stuck on top of the backboard for a while, then was retrieved by an LSU cheerleader.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 1 Apr. 2023
  • Granato has been a cheerleader from the time the event was announced.
    Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2021
  • Though the dad of freshman cheerleader, Vaughn Cottam, was crowned the king of the Jump Off, all the dads felt like winners on the day.
    Akira Olivia Kumamoto, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Was there any one member of the band who was the biggest cheerleader for the reunion?
    Ian Cohen, SPIN, 1 June 2022
  • Jim, the surfer, had been dating Barbara, the cheerleader, for nine months.
    Richard Schlesinger, CBS News, 6 July 2024
  • Our mother was Ping’s biggest cheerleader and taught him to reach for the stars.
    Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2022
  • Windey was a cheerleader for the Denver Broncos, but moved on in April 2021.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Thank you for being the chief cook, counselor, taxi driver, cheerleader, and best all-around mom in the world.
    Angela Belt, House Beautiful, 2 Mar. 2023
  • His niece, a Waukesha North High School cheerleader, was in the parade, but was safe.
    Hannah Kirby, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Even down from being a cheerleader growing up in the South.
    Darian Symoné Harvin, Allure, 12 Oct. 2022
  • Unlike Tiger, my dreams were small: learn to walk again, make the track team, become a cheerleader.
    Roxanne Jones, CNN, 8 Apr. 2022
  • The photo shows a young man wearing a wig and a cheerleader’s uniform.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Rivera played the tough-as-nails cheerleader Santana Lopez.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 4 Nov. 2022
  • As a cloudy sky threatened a downpour, the marching band played the school’s fight song, cheerleaders shook pom-poms, and a dance line sashayed.
    Linda K. Wertheimer, The New Republic, 30 May 2023
  • That evening the cheerleaders returned to the Elgin H-E-B parking lot and parted ways to drive home.
    Kennedy Sessions, Chron, 29 Apr. 2023
  • Each year, veteran cheerleaders and rookies try out in the hope of snagging one of the 36 spots.
    Alex Abad-Santos, Vox, 13 July 2024
  • One from the Washington side flew out of bounds, off the railing and bonked an Oregon State cheerleader on the head.
    Bill Oram, oregonlive, 5 Nov. 2022
  • The protests stem from an account given by a 16-year-old cheerleader at Montville High School, who is Black.
    Seamus McAvoy, courant.com, 2 Oct. 2021
  • Smith was unable to play due to his recovery from foot surgery, but was the biggest cheerleader on the bench for the All-Stars.
    Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 12 June 2022
  • At the time, Kostek was a Patriots cheerleader and Gronkowski was in his third season with the team.
    Robin Raven, PEOPLE.com, 21 June 2022
  • But Yowell never got close to touching the field and didn't want to spend the rest of his college career as a cheerleader.
    Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 10 Jan. 2023
  • The cheerleaders actually got a break when LJCD scored 35 points in the third quarter.
    Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Nov. 2023
  • And days after Gillis was killed, two cheerleaders were shot in Elgin, Tex.
    Kelsey Ables, Washington Post, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Focus on your potential, and talk to people who are your cheerleaders.
    Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • Marching bands from schools all over the country will also perform, as will several different performance groups, dancers, and cheerleaders.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 2 Nov. 2024

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