How to Use show business in a Sentence

show business

noun
  • She has been in show business for over 30 years.
  • That and the show business aspect of it in which there’s a pageantry to it.
    John Benson, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Such is the world of show business in the internet age.
    Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The hardest work man in show business had the earnings to prove it.
    Jasmine Browley, Essence, 2 Aug. 2022
  • That’s so typical of the ups and downs of show business.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 28 Aug. 2020
  • Even by the loose standards of show business, Covid-19 has made things weird.
    Ryan Nguyen, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2021
  • And he’s got like 25 years [in show business] on Amber.
    Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 16 Aug. 2023
  • His mother, who wrote books, would have liked to be in show business.
    Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2022
  • But that doesn’t mean he has been exiled to the show business wilderness.
    Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • Bought by RKO-Pathe, the 16-minute film would help launch their show business careers.
    Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Salma Hayek is perhaps one of the busiest women in show business.
    Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 July 2024
  • But Jinx was best known for her career in show business.
    New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • In 1991, there were few bigger names in show business than Michael J. Fox.
    Analisa Novak, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Best of all, his heart was big enough to love all of show business and every person in it.
    Marc Berman, Forbes, 15 Aug. 2024
  • Of course, the home of show business topped the list for having the most filming locations.
    Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The children went on to their own show business careers.
    Bruce Haring, Deadline, 18 July 2024
  • All this helped The Hours become a show business event on a scale few new operas can hope for.
    Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
  • At 29 years old, Palmer has already racked up two decades in show business.
    Yvonne Villarrealstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The late Gene Autry also moved from show business to baseball.
    Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • That’s where the L.A. siblings escape the demands of show business.
    Armond White, National Review, 24 Mar. 2021
  • Right out the gate, show business was a tremendous source of parody and satire for you.
    Jesse David Fox, Vulture, 16 Sep. 2021
  • Quibi, imagined as a kind of Uber for television, turned out to be the Juicero of show business.
    New York Times, 24 Apr. 2020
  • And that’s one of the visual themes of the special, is American show business.
    Rachel Yang, EW.com, 11 Dec. 2019
  • The hardest working man in show business has one less gig.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Yes, the themes of acting, and show business, and aging, and all these sorts of things like that, is throughout all three of them.
    Evan Romano, Men's Health, 21 Oct. 2022
  • That was fun for a while, but then Clark met the harsh reality of show business.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 19 Dec. 2019
  • But in 1955, with her career going well, Bryant quit show business for a time.
    Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But in 1955, with her career going well, Mr. Bryant quit show business for a time.
    Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Over the weekend, Bey shared a recap of the gathering, where her closest friends and loved ones came together to support the hardest-working woman in show business.
    Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 30 Sep. 2024
  • But that's show business these days, where social media gags and political jokes met up with TV's biggest night for the annual Emmys.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 16 Sep. 2024

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