How to Use rock star in a Sentence

rock star

noun
  • Three-Reel Slots Think of three-reel slots as the classic rock stars of the slot world.
    Sponsored Content, The Mercury News, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Bongiovi is the son of rock star Jon Bon Jovi and his wife Dorothea.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 27 Aug. 2023
  • Playing a rock star in the movie Blue DeVille (a stretch).
    Liza Lentini, SPIN, 14 June 2024
  • Move over Prince, Bowie and Jagger — there’s a new rock star in town.
    Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 26 June 2024
  • This Ferrari isn’t just fit for a rock star, it was owned by one.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2023
  • See the little ones — and now not-so-little ones — that made these rock stars dads!
    Alexandra Schonfeld, Peoplemag, 29 May 2024
  • But the rock star didn’t want the new mom to work, and Pallenberg numbed her pain with heroin.
    Marissa Charles, Peoplemag, 2 May 2024
  • Now, the rock star is giving his fans the chance to own some of his eye-catching outfits.
    Lianne Kolirin, CNN, 28 June 2024
  • The silver fox stayed true to his rock star pompadour, cleaning up the edges just a bit and keep length at the top.
    Brittany Talarico, Peoplemag, 10 Apr. 2024
  • She’s worn a multitude of hats over the years, from actress and talk show host to rock star and mom.
    Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 18 Oct. 2023
  • So she's been an absolute champ, a rock star through it all.
    Hannah Sacks, Peoplemag, 17 July 2023
  • Jagger was playing a rock star, James Fox was playing the gangster on the lam.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 July 2023
  • The Christian rock star and her ex-husband even helped their son start his business.
    Emily J. Shiffer, Peoplemag, 24 Nov. 2023
  • Philby is the rock star, the most successful traitor of the 20th century.
    Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023
  • An event with a rock star and his famous wife, a club with an actor from The Sopranos.
    Charlotte Fox Weber, Time, 23 June 2023
  • Numerous attempts have been made over the years to capture the rock star’s life on film, but none have come to fruition.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 10 Sep. 2024
  • The pockets gave her that nonchalance of a true rock star, poised with her back arched just so and her hands at her hips.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 12 Mar. 2023
  • For most children of rock stars, this would be little more than a sweet, one-off moment.
    Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 27 Jan. 2024
  • The man that performed at Riverbend on Sunday night was not a rapper, but a rock star.
    Joshua Medintz, The Enquirer, 10 July 2023
  • Stop drafting rock stars with hands like Venus de Milo.
    Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Feb. 2024
  • People like their rock stars more than their politicians.
    Vulture, 25 Aug. 2023
  • Models walked the runway like rock stars, spinning around at the end of the platform to trust-fall into a pit of strangers and crowd-surf across the room.
    Tara Gonzalez, Harper's BAZAAR, 27 Feb. 2023
  • The desire might be Gen-Z's modern take on the classic dream of becoming a rock star.
    Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Week 4 This challenge is about making contact with the rock stars in your prospective field.
    Vanessa Fuhrmans, WSJ, 3 Mar. 2023
  • There’s a horse in Canada who people on TikTok believe was a rock star in her past life.
    Paloma Chavez, Miami Herald, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Being a rock star is something that is almost forgotten on this side of the world.
    Alan Hernández Pastén, SPIN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • And there’s plenty of room for those on the road to rock star status, including a fab four-bunk Roadie Suite.
    Adam Robb, TIME, 25 July 2024
  • Sting’s stage attire was more veteran rock star than king: dark leather pants, a gray t-shirt.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Oct. 2023
  • Career rock stars persevere through the hard times and never give up.
    Bryan Robinson, Forbes, 11 Feb. 2024
  • The legendary rock star wore a look that was reminiscent of his early years on the red carpet for the award ceremony.
    Nick Hall, WWD, 12 Sep. 2024

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