How to Use ringleader in a Sentence

ringleader

noun
  • Snoop was the ringleader and all his homies came along for the ride.
    Bob Guccione Jr., SPIN, 2 Aug. 2023
  • She’s been a ringleader for the group trying to get Hobbs off the streets.
    Heather Knight, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The ringleader had been at the bank hours before the break-in posing as a customer.
    Tracy Smith, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • Young has been the ringleader of a young, up-and-coming team all season.
    Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 29 May 2021
  • The last death is the best: At long last, the ringleader is stalked through the cornfields in arguably the film’s scariest scene.
    Gem Seddon, Vulture, 29 Oct. 2021
  • The boys pinned her arms back and took her to their ringleader, who would decide what to do with her next.
    New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • Liss, the ringleader of the MFMD, has a background in politics.
    Taylor Lorenz, Washington Post, 13 May 2022
  • That’s the person to appoint as ringleader to help streamline the process.
    Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • Has put up crazy passing and rushing numbers, and is the ringleader of the NFC’s No. 1 team.
    Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Nov. 2021
  • Ask him two things — who was the ringleader and who else was involved in the kidnapping.
    Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
  • Late last year, a court ruled that Ms. Weidel could no longer refer to Mr. Mfouapon as the ringleader.
    New York Times, 30 Apr. 2021
  • And then there was Milken, their ringleader, who knew every bond in the market, who owned it, and at what price.
    Bob Ivry, Town & Country, 3 June 2021
  • The 17 ringleaders, Heroux said, were sent to other county jails around the state.
    Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Woods has been perceived as the ringleader of the kidnapping scheme, said Banos, who took on his case in 2017.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 2 Apr. 2022
  • Hulu isn't the first platform to retell the disturbing case at Sarah Lawrence and its ringleader.
    Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 8 Feb. 2023
  • The court ruled that Chen was the ringleader of a criminal gang that had committed a series of crimes over the past decade.
    Wayne Chang, CNN, 23 Sep. 2022
  • Artur Ayvazyan, the ringleader’s brother, was sentenced last month to five years in prison for his part in the scam.
    Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • So far no ringleader has emerged to push for Mr. Johnson’s removal.
    Max Colchester, WSJ, 31 Jan. 2022
  • White does not deny being the Spurs’ ringleader in that regard.
    Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Dec. 2021
  • There are tons of ringleader costumes on the net, and Amazon has one with a sequined coat just like Taylor's.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 12 June 2023
  • Police say the female in the video was a ringleader of women’s rights protests in Argentine Square.
    Celine Alkhaldi, CNN, 15 Oct. 2022
  • The trial turned into a circus, with Mr. Edwards as the ringleader.
    BostonGlobe.com, 13 July 2021
  • The ringleader calls himself Mr. Scrooge (John Leguizamo, relishing a bad-guy role).
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 30 Nov. 2022
  • As Trudy — the show’s eccentric ringleader — will tell you: Time does not move in a linear fashion.
    Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Just this week, Woods, the final of the three hijackers and the alleged ringleader, was granted parole.
    Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 20 Aug. 2022
  • While Floriea clearly is the ringleader, this is anything but a one-woman team.
    Joe Magill, cleveland, 24 Apr. 2021
  • The ringleader, Robinhood, fueled by stimulus checks, is a good proxy for the excess.
    Andy Kessler, WSJ, 6 Feb. 2022
  • Read full article Mickelson is one of the ringleaders of LIV.
    Joe Reedy, BostonGlobe.com, 16 June 2023
  • Chanel’s decorative top hats and bows spoke to the fantasy of a ringleader.
    Kristen Bateman, ELLE, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The group’s ringleader, Detective Wayne Jenkins, was sentenced to 25 years in prison.
    Julian Sancton, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Apr. 2022

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