How to Use thespian in a Sentence

thespian

noun

• Why not write a role for the most honored thespian on Earth?
  — Washington Post, 10 Sep. 2021
• Grant gushed about her co-star’s artistry as a thespian.
  — Essence, 25 Oct. 2021
• Even among all the thespians in the room, the best performance of the night would go to Wintour and her daughter.
  — Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 20 May 2019
• Even then, the budding thespian was chasing the spotlight — and a dream.
  — Mike Klingaman, baltimoresun.com, 29 June 2021
• The instruction to be rather than perform has stayed with the German thespian.
  — Clark Collis, EW.com, 29 July 2021
• Berry, a beloved British figure, and Hiddleston, a British thespian, have swapped places.
  — Kenzie Bryant, Vanities, 7 Mar. 2017
• That doesn’t mean that the serious thespian was without a sense of humor.
  — Byron Burton, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Dec. 2019
• Star Wars thespian Mark Hamill is getting involved in the real wars.
  — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 20 Oct. 2022
• This marks Ben-Adir's most high-profile role yet, but the British thespian may already be familiar to some.
  — J'na Jefferson, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2021
• What would the bevy of moonlighting thespians mean for the quality of the festival?
  — Vulture, 14 Sep. 2023
• Yes, this is the work of an amatuer thespian, the football-equivalent of a stagey death scene that never ends.
  — Franklin Foer, The Atlantic, 5 July 2018
• His chops as a thespian were on full display in major budget films like Belly and Romeo Must Die.
  — Sharine Taylor, refinery29.com, 10 Apr. 2021
• Christian Bale, the intense thespian who’s done his best work with the equally all-or-nothing-at-all auteur?
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2022
• Sources say the feature will feature a large cast, with Roth on the lookout for many young up-and-coming thespians that will likely end up on the dinner plate.
  — Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
• Porter’s thespian instead helps Kipps turn the story into a play and takes on the role of the young Kipps himself, thus creating a show-within-a-show.
  — Breanne L. Heldman, EW.com, 24 Jan. 2020
• Jones the co-director overindulges Jones the thespian, in a performance that could have used a restraining hand.
  — Dennis Harvey, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
• Ultimately, the main challenge, for those who want to helm and act, thespians say, is timing.
  — Katie Kilkenny, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 June 2018
• Kane's Rexy is a brash young thespian with sharp elbows and a tragic backstory.
  — Jeffrey Gillespie| For The Oregonian/oregonlive, oregonlive.com, 10 June 2019
• On the eve of the royal wedding, let’s pause to remember Meghan Markle, thespian, with a look at her most notable film and TV appearances.
  — Michelle Ruiz, Vogue, 10 May 2018
• One of the most famous extras was Alexis Bledel, then just a hopeful young Houston thespian.
  — Craig Hlavaty, Houston Chronicle, 10 Jan. 2018
• Torres is the type of thespian who practices his award rejection speeches in the mirror.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2022
• Well, Trump’s forte was in the reality television world, not as a true thespian.
  — Ed Rogers, The Denver Post, 2 Mar. 2017
• Kim Seokjin, or Jin, the oldest member, born in 1992, had perfect lips and thespian ambitions.
  — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 21 June 2022
• But what makes this thespian a real gem is his refreshing outlook on life.
  — Jasmine Grant, Essence, 28 Jan. 2020
• The Unforgivable is the kind of unglamorous and real-world drama that movie stars tend to make to step outside of their comfort zone and show off their thespian skills.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 29 Dec. 2021
• What actor wouldn’t be excited to meet one of the most acclaimed thespians in history, Meryl Streep?!
  — Tonja Renée Stidhum, The Root, 8 Mar. 2018
• Baywatch was so poorly acted that its oily thespians could be seen to be inventing, frame by frame, a novel strain of camp.
  — Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 25 May 2017
• Ahmed, not only a gifted thespian but also a rapper in real life, co-wrote the screenplay.
  — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2021
• The players strut, scowl, looking nervous and thespian.
  — James Parker, The Atlantic, 18 June 2020
• Ahmed, not only a gifted thespian but also a rapper in real life, cowrote the screenplay.
  — Mark Olsen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Sep. 2021

Last Updated: 28 May 2024