How to Use debutant in a Sentence

debutant

noun
  • No debutant had won the race for 25 years.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026
  • The number of debutants could rise after the playoffs in March.
    — Lucia I Suarez Sang, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025
  • An eighth debutant, defender Omar Alderete, came on from the bench.
    — Philip Buckingham, New York Times, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Instead, all World Cup debutants have now failed to progress to the knockout stages.
    — Aimee Lewis, CNN, 19 June 2019
  • But the Olympic debutant gritted her teeth and tried to forget about her throbbing, bruised knee.
    — Charlotte Harpur, New York Times, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Then there are Cape Verde, the debutants, who held Spain to a 0-0 draw.
    — Jacob Whitehead, New York Times, 20 June 2026
  • Anthony Lane explores the life and work of a debutant turned poet.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Anthony Lane explores the life and work of a debutant turned poet.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2025
  • And the smallest debutants have imprinted their mark without winning a match.
    — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 21 June 2026
  • There was no joy for playing partner and fellow debutant Hisatsune either.
    — Jack Bantock, CNN, 16 Mar. 2024
  • And on Monday, even though there were four debutants in the starting 11, the hosts were never threatened.
    — Brian Straus, SI.com, 28 May 2018
  • Jordan, Cape Verde and Uzbekistan are the other debutants.
    — James Robson, Chicago Tribune, 23 May 2026
  • But the best player of the night might have been the Union’s other homegrown debutant, Auston Trusty.
    — Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • Scoring against a World Cup debutant, a team ranked 59th in the world and who couldn’t beat Oman less than a year ago.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • Spain had a frustrating start to the tournament, being held to a goalless draw by debutants Cabo Verde.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 26 June 2026
  • Pereira also had a very slight dig at teenage Premier League debutant Lima for not stopping crosses.
    — Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Spain, one of the World Cup favorites, was widely expected to cruise past the tournament debutants.
    — ABC News, 16 June 2026
  • The fairy-tale for Cape Verde continues as the tournament debutants proceeds to the knockout stage.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026
  • The archipelago nation off the west coast of Africa was the only one of the four debutants at the tournament to avoid defeat in its first game.
    — ABC News, 19 June 2026
  • Puff sleeves mark the debutant, spangles the circus performer; there’s satin lingerie for the coquette, goddess pleats and chainmail for the latter-day flapper.
    — Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Like many of her fellow debutants, Kemper followed Le Bal tradition and helped design her gown for the evening.
    — Zoey Lyttle, PEOPLE, 1 Dec. 2025
  • While Bengaluru was a debutant in the list, Mumbai jumped 14 places, and Chennai inched up two ranks from last year.
    — Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Baker ended up with the worst figures for an English debutant, conceding 76 runs from seven overs.
    — Tim Ellis, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • The debutants, however, likely also want to announce their arrival on the global stage with a fighting performance.
    — Jibin Joseph, PC Magazine, 15 June 2026
  • As for Uzbekistan, the temptation is to go with Khusanov, who will be crucial for the World Cup debutants.
    — Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 5 June 2026
  • The PriFest in Kosovo opened up its schedule to screen full-length and short films by Ukrainian debutant directors.
    — Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2023
  • With that appearance on the weekend, Fati became the second-youngest ever Blaugrana debutant.
    — SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Away from the debutants, there's Congo, an African nation battered by conflict in its mineral-rich eastern region.
    — ABC News, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Spain and Uruguay walked onto the field with everything to lose and nothing to gain from beating a debutant; Cape Verde had the opposite.
    — Sylvana Quader Sinha, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • Cape Verde is the first World Cup debutant to advance to the knockout stage since Slovakia in 2010.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC news, 27 June 2026

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