How to Use cause célèbre in a Sentence

cause célèbre

noun
  • Now, all of a sudden, this has become the cause celebre of the left.
    — Fox News, 30 June 2018
  • Ibar has become a cause celebre in his father’s home country.
    — Lisa Arthur, www.sun-sentinel.com, 17 Apr. 2018
  • Sharpton had done his best to make the episode a cause celebre by leading demonstrations.
    — Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The suit became a cause celebre for conservatives and talk show hosts.
    — Andrew Wolfson, The Courier-Journal, 27 July 2022
  • Their case became a cause celebre and a polarizing one.
    — Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Opposition to non-compete agreements has become a new cause celebre on the left.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Recently, a few pets have become cause celebre when their X-ray images went viral.
    — Andrea Sachs, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Mill is a huge Sixers fan and his incarceration turned into a cause celebre.
    — Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Suddenly Manumua’s name started showing up as a cause celebre in right wing media.
    — Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 July 2021
  • Peters, who is 70 years old, is a cause celebre among those who insist the 2020 election was stolen.
    — Max Potter, Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2026
  • Either way, the cause celebre is getting tired and getting old, but, apparently, not getting heard among those people.
    — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Luetzerath has become a cause celebre for critics of Germany's climate efforts.
    — Philipp Jenne, ajc, 14 Jan. 2023
  • Mitnick became a cause celebre for hackers who considered his 5-year prison term excessive.
    — Time, 21 July 2023
  • Someone else did, though, and the incident became an international cause celebre.
    — Washington Post, 28 Aug. 2021
  • Calls for Peters’ release have become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
    — Colleen Slevin, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Calls for Peters' release have become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
    — Arkansas Online, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Calls for Peters' release have become a cause celebre in the election conspiracy movement.
    — ABC News, 2 Apr. 2026
  • For Islamic State supporters, the detainees have become a cause celebre.
    — Nabih Bulos, Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2019
  • Critical race theory is not an official curriculum taught in US schools but has still become the cause celebre on the right.
    — Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Since then, his fortunes apparently have changed and Floyd has become a something of a cause celebre in conservative circles.
    — Chris Joyner, ajc, 29 Aug. 2023
  • Since the Kenosha shooting, Pierce said he has been consumed with his work on behalf of Rittenhouse, who has become a cause celebre for some on the right.
    — Kevin Johnson, USA TODAY, 5 Sep. 2020
  • Owner Shelley Luther has become a cause celebre for conservative politicians.
    — Dallas News, 8 May 2020
  • Gaetz has made no secret of his support for Rittenhouse, who has become a cause celebre among Republican supporters of gun rights.
    — al, 19 Nov. 2021
  • Valtonyc’s case became a cause celebre in Spain among organizations who claim Spanish authorities are cracking down on free speech.
    — Lorne Cook, The Seattle Times, 17 Sep. 2018
  • Kavaan became a cause celebre in part because America's iconic singer and actress Cher joined the battle to save him from his desperate conditions at the zoo.
    — Scott D. Pierce, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Apr. 2021
  • The new, blue Orange County is a cause celebre among Democratic presidential candidates.
    — Gustavo Arellano, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2020
  • As the case became a cause celebre, with women’s groups clamoring for Jamali to be punished, the victim’s brother Javed Bhutto was a beacon of calm and resolve.
    — Washington Post, 4 Sep. 2019
  • By then, the case was becoming a cause celebre in British politics, driven by the suspicion that, had the Lawrences been White, the police would have treated it completely differently.
    — Robert Hutton, Bloomberg.com, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Her imprisonment became a cause celebre for many on the Right, and hopes were high for her appeal, but on Thursday, the Colorado Court of Appeals affirmed her conviction.
    — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 2 Apr. 2026
  • An elephant who has become a cause celebre for animal rights activists around the world will be allowed to leave his Pakistani zoo and transferred to better conditions, the animal welfare group helping with the case said Saturday.
    — Bloomberg.com, 5 Sep. 2020

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