How to Use showbiz in a Sentence

showbiz

noun

• Sometimes the critics love you and sometimes they hate you. That's showbiz.
• Now, more of the men with clout in showbiz have joined the cause.
  — USA Today, 5 Apr. 2021
• The 36-year-old doesn’t look like the type to seek out the bright lights of showbiz.
  — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2023
• Ryanseacrest- The busiest man in showbiz also has one of the busiest Snapchats around.
  — David Yi, Harper's BAZAAR, 2 Mar. 2017
• Common has also been linked to some of the biggest names in showbiz over the years.
  — Adam England, Peoplemag, 14 Mar. 2023
• One memorable guest from the showbiz set was Drake, who, in 2018, made a pit stop while in town.
  — Brock Keeling, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Oct. 2022
• Kristen Welker and Meet the Press are showbiz, not news.
  — Armond White, National Review, 13 Oct. 2023
• This is the normal showbiz bet for the 2020s: No one will ever get tired of anything!
  — Darren Franich, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2022
• None other than Salma Hayek is the most significant name in showbiz near the top of the list.
  — Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 May 2024
• Derulo knows this because he’s been putting in the work to make it in showbiz for his entire life.
  — Raisa Bruner, Time, 18 Dec. 2019
• Oh, no: The first rule of showbiz is, Always leave ’em wanting a little more.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Dec. 2019
• The general rule in showbiz is to never talk about your age.
  — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 17 Apr. 2018
• Over the next few years, the showbiz pros leveled the small original house, planted 130-acres of grapevines and built the villa.
  — Michelle Hofmann, Forbes, 26 Aug. 2022
• After some 69 years in showbiz, Sir Michael Cain still has plenty of fans.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 4 Mar. 2022
• The Buster of the ’80s and ’90s was a concocted showbiz dandy who performed old standards in a voice of put-on gravel.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2022
• Scenes of showbiz ruthlessness are left to the man who is brutish enough to unscrew that bottle of ketchup.
  — Armond White, National Review, 16 Sep. 2020
• The elders of showbiz assumed this whole sci-fi whatchamacalit, with the robots and the light swords and the heavy-breathing bad guy, was some flavor-of-the-month thing.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
• This was my musical debut for the entire world, and the number one rule in showbiz is that the show must go on.
  — Scott Bradlee, Billboard, 7 June 2018
• But the tale of stars spinning out of the orbit of the sun that birthed them is a familiar showbiz narrative.
  — Kerry Reid, chicagotribune.com, 18 Sep. 2017
• Half my friends are not in showbiz, and nobody sees me at the industry parties.
  — Marshall Heyman, Town & Country, 27 May 2022
• At least All About Eve helped us to see that showbiz folly was based in private neuroses.
  — Armond White, National Review, 29 Mar. 2024
• The biggest prizes in showbiz mislead consumers to think that all is right with the industry.
  — Armond White, National Review, 6 Apr. 2022
• But Ralph’s speech was the kind of showbiz alchemy that can’t be manufactured.
  — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 13 Sep. 2022
• Clad in a blue satin jumpsuit, the singer, with his mane of black hair and showbiz smile, received his audience with patience and grace.
  — Grant Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 June 2022
• A derailed stint in showbiz, courtesy of Mr. Stallone, and some trouble with the law follow.
  — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 3 May 2017
• When the couple first meet, Nick is a sophisticated man of the world, and Fanny is hustling to get her foot in the door of showbiz.
  — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 24 Apr. 2022
• And their own family was stitched into the fabric of showbiz.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 28 Jan. 2022
• But it’s told from an outsider’s point of view: a pinch-me-I’m-dreaming day in the life of a nobody who stumbles into the sparkling glitter globe of showbiz.
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 1 Sep. 2023
• Porter’s strong work ethic got him to the top fast and kept him there long enough to rub shoulders with everybody who was anybody in showbiz.
  — David Kirby, Washington Post, 4 Dec. 2019
• One TikTok star wasn't looking for a job in showbiz — but that's what's happening.
  — Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 12 May 2024

Last Updated: 18 Sep 2024