How to Use drag queen in a Sentence

drag queen

noun
  • Sign up for the High Heel Dash and try to race a drag queen.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 June 2021
  • On the karaoke stage, a drag queen lamented the shootings.
    Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Why is that still the aesthetic of a type of drag queen?
    Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Anyone with half a brain knows not to f–k with a drag queen.
    Kyle Denis, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Despite the bomb threat at the Louisville event, the drag queen story time went ahead as planned.
    Will Carless, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
  • In June, Rossi booked one of her friends and idols, drag queen Peaches Christ.
    oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2022
  • She was supposed to perform in three hours, and the drag queen still wasn’t sure what to do.
    Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The drag queen had a finger wave in her hair and a tuba on her lap.
    Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2022
  • And there was no such thing as a drag queen who’d never set foot in a drag bar.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • Why the sudden push in the house to ban drag queens from library story hours?
    Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
  • Later, a squadron of go-go boys ceded the stage to the drag queen Trinity the Tuck.
    New York Times, 10 June 2022
  • In high school, his best friend was a football player and drag queen.
    Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
  • There were moments that some of the moms were on all fours on their chairs and drag queens were spanking them.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
  • There are the drag queen shows with children, and there's pushback on us for wanting to stop that.
    Elizabeth Heckman, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Pro tip: Look for the portraits of queens in the decor selection, from Queen Charlotte to a drag queen.
    Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
  • There’s a drag queen in San Francisco named Peaches Christ who’s a big fan of the movie.
    Keaton Bell, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2022
  • Now Toto is a full-time drag queen and DJ based in Chicago.
    Brian Owens, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2023
  • While talking to the judges, Banks praised Shangela for her commitment to the doll look, which prompted the drag queen to pitch the host on the idea.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022
  • There's at least one thing that does impress Shania Twain much — and that's drag queens!
    Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
  • In May 2022, an Indiana high school crowned a drag queen as prom king.
    Jay Valle, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • The judge would be none other than her friend and drag queen Trixie Mattel.
    Stacy Lambe, Peoplemag, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Because of the show itself, people now know what drag queens are.
    Gregory Ellwood, Los Angeles Times, 18 July 2024
  • Zaldy remembers in the late 1980s there were still bars that didn’t allow drag queens at all.
    Elyssa Maxx Goodman, ELLE, 7 Sep. 2023
  • Bearded drag queen Marsha Dimes emcees the fun both nights, June 4 and June 5.
    Dallas News, 4 June 2021
  • In it, her music transforms a clean-cut man into a blue-haired drag queen.
    Kate Linthicumstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2022
  • Being a drag queen and creating those looks doesn’t come cheap.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 May 2024
  • For the past four years, Kam Hugh has worked as a professional makeup artist and drag queen.
    Joey Nolfi, EW.com, 2 June 2022
  • If his brother was indifferent to the drag queen or the story, that would have been our film.
    Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 10 Aug. 2024
  • Escola was briefly tempted to tone the play down ahead of its Broadway transfer, but a memoir by the playwright and drag queen Charles Busch fortified their spirits.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
  • From drag queens to football hooligans, the diverse runway show had it all—even a closing concert from experimental pop duo Mermaid Chunky.
    Gemma A. Williams, Forbes, 18 Sep. 2024

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