starlet

Example Sentences

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But he could not make the transition from academy starlet to first team at Liverpool.

From BBC • Mar. 25, 2026

His dynamic with Elle Fanning’s American starlet is even more engaging: two strivers on opposite ends of their career arcs cheerfully negotiating how much they can help each other.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026

Playing a starlet as a dummy would be a cliché; Ms. Fanning’s acting choices, in harmony with the rest of the film, are delicate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 6, 2025

While the fourth player from Spain is Barcelona's teenage starlet Lamine Yamal, who is 10th with $43 million.

From Barron's • Oct. 16, 2025

She was wearing her short pink topper and the small red hat that tilted over one eye so that she looked like a refugee starlet from the Gold Diggers film series.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole