How to Use starlet in a Sentence

starlet

noun
  • She was a starlet in the 1940s.
  • And while new to the starlet, the setting spray already seemed to be a hit among others.
    Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 10 Sep. 2023
  • The springy coils fall a bit past her shoulders and have a warm brown hue that looks gorgeous on the starlet.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Sep. 2021
  • The sequence ends with a leap and a lift, her hands on their shoulders, framed above them like a ’50s starlet.
    Sean Erwin, miamiherald, 6 July 2017
  • The starlet completed her look with a peachy-nude blush on her cheeks and glossy lips.
    Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 May 2019
  • The young starlet paired a bold red and white wrap top with vintage denim jeans and red pumps.
    Sophia Tulp, USA TODAY, 30 June 2017
  • And still, people mostly think of her as a bug-eyed 2000s starlet with bangs.
    Jenny Singer, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2021
  • Off-screen, Mimieux was much more than the naïve starlet she was pigeonholed as.
    Jake Coyle, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
  • The country starlet performed the song as her character in the episode.
    Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Ariana Grande, for one, has earned gold for her sweet, 1960s-chic outfits that nod to starlets of the past.
    Olivia Cigliano, WWD, 31 July 2024
  • Its faux leather leggings and skinny jeans gained traction with starlets of the mid-aughts.
    Caitlin Moscatello, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • The starlet stepped out with the rapper in New York City and did so exposing her stomach, adorned in pearls and gems.
    Essence, 31 Jan. 2022
  • What shocks me most in all of this are the starlets who have taken 20 years to remember what happened.
    Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 13 Apr. 2018
  • But the young starlet is inspiring her fans in many more forms than just music.
    Nicole Sands, PEOPLE.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The flower crown is not yet dead, according to Stranger Things starlet Maya Hawke.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 July 2019
  • But Travis has caught the eye of some amazing starlets, most notably Taylor Swift.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
  • Styled with side parts and sleek roots, anyone and everyone hoping to look like a starlet tried the look on for size.
    Rebecca Norris, Allure, 22 May 2018
  • The Brazilian starlet came ready to play, bringing her high spirits and adorable sense of humor to the table.
    Lauren Alvarez, Billboard, 22 Nov. 2017
  • Scroll below to see the stars who celebrated with the starlet.
    Dominique Fluker, Essence, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The movie also travels back in time to Garland's childhood as a young starlet.
    Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2019
  • In town for the shows, the Fetish singer hit a party in Manhattan last night with a fresh spin on the one decade that no starlet can resist: The sixties.
    Vogue, 9 Sep. 2017
  • Sparks flew between the then-single starlets, and within seven months, Fox put a ring on it.
    Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 16 July 2023
  • Like a mistreated starlet, nature often gets a bum deal in the movies.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 18 Nov. 2022
  • The fashion industry has become fond of the starlet, too.
    Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Feb. 2017
  • Thanks to a tantalizing teaser from the right starlet, Loewe is already at the fore.
    Leah Dolan, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
  • In the film, Johansson plays a fictional screen starlet of the 1950s named Midge Campbell.
    Jack Smart, Peoplemag, 16 June 2023
  • Taylor Scott and Alyssa Williamson, both 17, looked like Hollywood starlets ready to stroll the red carpet.
    Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian, kansascity, 13 Apr. 2018
  • For many years, rumors swirled that the married Gable and starlet Young had a tryst while making their 1935 film Call of the Wild that resulted in a child.
    Julie Tremaine, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2024
  • But what is Joan’s story, and why does her iconography appeal to the young starlets of today?
    Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Fast-forward to earlier this month, when 26-year-old starlet Chappell Roan made headlines for her loud rebuking of the trappings of fame.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2024

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