cameo

Example Sentences

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It made an unlikely cameo on a London morning jog.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

The martial arts expert turned actor has starred in a slew of action films since his acting debut with a cameo in a 1968 Dean Martin film "The Wrecking Crew."

From Barron's • Mar. 20, 2026

As the triumphant U.S. men’s hockey team made a cameo, Hernandez was looking at his smartphone.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

More than three decades after his final game—a pain-wracked cameo in the United States’s gold-medal win over Croatia in the 1992 Olympics—Larry Bird retains a mythopoeic quality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 25, 2026

Aunt Docia’s pretty white collar was fastened in front with a large round cameo pin, which had a lady’s head on it.

From "Little House in the Big Woods" by Laura Ingalls Wilder