How to Use central casting in a Sentence

central casting

noun
  • The grill looked like a saloon straight out of central casting.
    — Tim Carman, Washington Post, 14 July 2022
  • But then what’s with all the stevedores from central casting?
    — Helen Shaw, New Yorker, 14 Dec. 2025
  • Even his name seemed to fit, like central casting’s idea of what an oilman should be named.
    — Cliff Brunt, The Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Their pitch is polished, their look and demeanor straight out of central casting.
    — Randall Lane, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Now here was this man, offering a greeting straight from Scot central casting.
    — Brendan Quinn, The Athletic, 10 July 2024
  • Rhodes was an easy sell for right-wing audiences - a compelling speaker with a look straight out of central casting.
    — Hannah Allam, Spencer S. Hsu, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Sep. 2021
  • The call went out to central casting a week ago, when extras were needed to keep the production going.
    — Ira Winderman, sun-sentinel.com, 8 Jan. 2022
  • The vision of a player who looks to be cut straight from tight end central casting, though, wasn’t always to see with Joly.
    — Nick Kosmider, New York Times, 1 May 2026
  • And now, here is this man who’s straight out of central casting with his suspenders stretched over his belly and plaid shirt in the middle of summer.
    — Claudia Hinz, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Rees-Jones could be from central casting for the movie Giant, Perot said.
    — Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2022
  • McManamy, too, was a character out of heli-ski guide central casting.
    — Marc Peruzzi, Outside Online, 10 Apr. 2021
  • Dark Phoenix starts with a glimmer of hope that this central cast could go somewhere interesting if given one more shot.
    — Sam MacHkovech, Ars Technica, 7 June 2019
  • Hay is right out of central casting for the role of Hollywood naturalist.
    — Brett McNish, Smithsonian, 15 Feb. 2018
  • The senior staff appear to be straight out of central casting, Gallic division.
    — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 10 Feb. 2023
  • In this redemption story, Ellison may be straight out of central casting.
    — Matt Sedensky, Fortune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • In this redemption story, Ellison may be straight out of central casting.
    — ABC News, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Murray was part of Riverdale’s central cast until Josie went on tour in season three, exiting the show, more or less, for good.
    — Kadeen Griffiths, Marie Claire, 5 Feb. 2020
  • There’s a dog-friendly patio with stunning views of the Bay — including a shipwreck straight out of central casting.
    — Kate Bradshaw, The Mercury News, 4 Mar. 2024
  • While Asia was on holiday, western media called central casting for the China bears.
    — Brendan Ahern, Forbes, 21 Sep. 2021
  • All of which is a lark because Odom fits central casting’s All-America teenager.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Meanwhile, a man who once came across as an entrepreneur created by VC central casting has evolved, too.
    — Byjeff John Roberts and Orianna Rosa Royle, Fortune, 30 July 2024
  • General Maslin was, to look at him, every bit the Russian general, as if pulled from central casting.
    — New York Times, 9 Mar. 2022
  • Is something shifting in the zeitgeist that lives people of color women, anybody from not from central casting, more likely to succeed now?
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 11 Aug. 2022
  • If only because Pat Kelsey is straight outta central casting to be the Musketeers next coach.
    — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 11 Mar. 2021
  • That the storyline is familiar, and the characters straight out of central casting, does not detract from the novel’s appeal.
    — Washington Post, 6 Apr. 2022
  • With the even demeanor of a judge and hair already silver, Cornyn looked and sounded like a senator from central casting, as out-of-state news media loved to say.
    — Dallas News, 27 June 2022
  • Hapless rebels which seem out of central casting for a dark military comedy like Tropic Thunder.
    — Razib Khan, Discover Magazine, 7 Apr. 2011
  • With his Jersey accent, Rosa might have come from central casting for an old black-and-white Hollywood movie to head up a shadowy bureau.
    — CNN, 10 May 2021
  • The gym-fit Paulides, who moved from California to Colorado in part for the skiing, is right out of central casting for a detective film.
    — Jon Billman, Outside Online, 13 Mar. 2017
  • The search produced Jeff Banister, straight out of central casting, talking with Texas grit and offering up blood-and-guts analogies.
    — Evan Grant, Dallas News, 23 Mar. 2023

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