How to Use Tinseltown in a Sentence

Tinseltown

noun
  • This was the Tinseltown dream of Barneys.
    — Gene Pressman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2025
  • Here’s to hoping that the house that Adolph Zukor built stays a beacon of light in Tinseltown.
    — Chris Yogerst, The Hollywood Reporter, 2024-07-08
  • This Mamba trio will be a monument to Tinseltown excess and poor taste in front of the arena.
    — Los Angeles Times, 2024-02-10
  • Scott Baio is ditching Tinseltown for the Sunshine State.
    — USA TODAY, 2023-05-10
  • But a closer look at the global box office recovery indicates that Tinseltown does not have the field to itself.
    — Patrick Frater, Variety, 2023-05-12
  • Strikes by actors and writers have ground Tinseltown to a halt, preventing stars from showing up at San Diego’s big show.
    — Natallie Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2023-07-21
  • Yet, what this means for the careers of McKellar and Park in Tinseltown going forward doesn’t look good.
    — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 8 Aug. 2025
  • However, perhaps none of those players captured the hearts of Tinseltown like Johnson and Bryant.
    — Matthew Schmidt, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Aug. 2025
  • He was eventually cut during the round of 32, but decided to stay in Tinseltown to pursue acting.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 2024-04-04
  • The devastation is likely to cast a shadow over the remainder of this awards season, but in keeping with the spirit of Tinseltown, the show must, and will, go on.
    — Megan McCluskey, TIME, 2025-01-23
  • News of Disney’s spending plans comes as Tinseltown grapples with the biggest strike by both writers and actors in living memory.
    — Bychristiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 2023-09-20
  • Despite the sparkle that is synonymous with Tinseltown, most of the actors working in America’s dream factory do not earn enough to live.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 2023-07-30
  • Overhead, installations of bronzed-mirror panels and translucent rods add Tinseltown glamour.
    — Sam Cochran, Architectural Digest, 2024-12-19
  • Now, with Hollywood actors joining striking screenwriters last week for the biggest Tinseltown shutdown in more than six decades, things aren't turning out that way.
    — The Week Staff, The Week, 2023-07-23
  • And while experts say this kind of creative accounting is perfectly legal, the tactics involve some of the most fantastical fictions ever devised in Tinseltown.
    — Allison Morrow, CNN, 2023-07-19
  • In some Hollywood films, this partnership is a recipe for catastrophe, but in this suburb not far from Tinseltown, AI and robots are working in a restaurant kitchen.
    — Joy Benedict, CBS News, 2024-01-27
  • And, perhaps unexpectedly, there’s Hooray for Hollywood — a shop that’s more Tinseltown than quaint seaside fishing village.
    — Jerry Rice, Orange County Register, 2024-02-25
  • While straddling Tinseltown and the world’s biggest stadiums, Dua–who is firmly in media mogul mode, traversing continents while also producing her podcast and newsletter–has kept one thing constant in her wardrobe: leather.
    — Alice Newbold, Vogue, 2024-04-05
  • The season encompasses more than just some of the best big-band music around, but also stories of jazz artists old and new, a beloved Christmas TV special, the geekiness of video games and the razzle-dazzle of Tinseltown.
    — Patrick Neas, Kansas City Star, 2024-06-24
  • Artificial intelligence presents an existential threat to Tinseltown.
    — Dr. Jonathan Reichental, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Two weeks later, a much-diminished Tinseltown reported that its weekend ticket sales, according to the industry tracking site Box Office Mojo, amounted to $4,160.
    — Bob Mondello, NPR, 2025-03-09

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