How to Use cabaret in a Sentence

cabaret

noun
  • The shop will double as a cabaret.
    — Literary Hub, 17 Mar. 2026
  • The styles bounce between cabaret, choral pop, folk and jazz.
    — Monica Hooper, Arkansas Online, 25 May 2023
  • Films have also joined the mix of plays and cabaret-style shows.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 2 Oct. 2020
  • Where did the idea for a cabaret show of songs and stories come from?
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2022
  • Life hasn't always been a cabaret for de Lesseps.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Put down the knitting, the book and the broom as cabaret has come back, too.
    — New York Times, 17 June 2021
  • The group is concerned about the grassy field where the club’s cabaret room once stood.
    — Julia Fair, The Enquirer, 19 Aug. 2020
  • The spirit of that early cabaret lives on.
    — Carla Vecchiola, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
  • Their attempt is to say that all drag is indeed adult cabaret.
    — Abc News, ABC News, 8 Mar. 2023
  • Also, a week ago, my cabaret outfit burst open.
    — Maria Bamford, Vulture, 26 Nov. 2025
  • The cabaret seating gives diners a chance to make some new friends.
    — Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 6 Jan. 2026
  • The staging will be cabaret-style with tables placed six feet apart.
    — Rod Stafford Hagwood, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Nov. 2020
  • Tourists from Japan and Germany came to the cabaret.
    — Carla Vecchiola, The Conversation, 26 June 2026
  • Cruz plays a cabaret singer in the Spanish drama.
    — Hannah Malach, InStyle, 25 May 2026
  • Of course, that could all change the minute Luann gets back up on the cabaret stage.
    — Jodi Walker, EW.com, 5 June 2020
  • Then the cabaret people asked us if anyone wanted to come up and sing.
    — Ruth Kinane, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • To become an epicenter of cabaret, the art form has to grow here.
    — Susie Schmank, Indianapolis Star, 1 Mar. 2018
  • Life hasn't always been a cabaret for the former countess.
    — Diane J. Cho, PEOPLE, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Not jazz, not classical, not cabaret, Weill is a one-man genre.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 4 May 2018
  • There will also be two cabaret shows with food and drinks at Bread & Salt.
    — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2022
  • The opening bit was a song and dance with a cabaret singer backed by a small band with a large horn section.
    — Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 3 Aug. 2020
  • At points, the show is more of a cabaret than a narrative aimed like a dagger at the heart.
    — Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 17 July 2023
  • And yes, there were clowns – but not the scary kind - and a family-friendly cabaret.
    — Judy Cantor-Navas, Billboard, 5 July 2018
  • All that’s before the evening kicked in with live music, cabarets acts, and theatre shows.
    — Jane Archer, Travel + Leisure, 28 Dec. 2025
  • In New York, the whole cabaret scene and the tiny club scene were full of gay people.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 12 Feb. 2025
  • Did Countess Luann give you any cabaret tips?
    — Lauren Giella, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2025
  • Some of the songs were performed at a cabaret show in New York City.
    — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 18 May 2025
  • Yet the path from YouTube and cabaret to the main stage remained obscure.
    — Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The stage is set in the intimate performance space for what looks to be an evening of cabaret.
    — Trey Graham, Washington Post, 15 Mar. 2024
  • It was inspired by the ladies’ room at the Crazy Horse cabaret in Paris.
    — Mackenzie Schmidt, PEOPLE.com, 25 Apr. 2018

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