How to Use extraordinaire in a Sentence

extraordinaire

adjective
  • To have my hair appear to have been kissed by dappled sunlight is a mood booster extraordinaire.
    — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 18 Apr. 2024
  • With a passion for play and a heart packed with humor, Jameson is a true video game extraordinaire.
    — The Star, Kansas City Star, 11 Feb. 2024
  • His character was a train wreck — midlife crisis extraordinaire.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 28 Oct. 2023
  • One person that many pay attention to is Mel Kiper, who has been a mock draft extraordinaire for decades.
    — Raul A. Reyes, Newsweek, 22 Jan. 2025
  • Game show host extraordinaire Chuck Woolery died last weekend.
    — Megan Poinski, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2024
  • These critters include wood wasps and various flies, weevils and other beetles and, of course, termites, those wood-eaters extraordinaire.
    — Katarina Zimmer, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Dolly Cohen, tooth gem extraordinaire, is a recent designer discovery of mine and adds glamour to your smile.
    — Lynette Nylander, Vogue, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Powell is the sixth-man extraordinaire for the Clippers and has a very good chance of winning the award this season and joining some illustrious company.
    — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Last month’s column tribute to Rosie Amidei, a favorite smile in our small town and waitress extraordinaire, prompted kind words from readers along with some recipe requests.
    — Philip Potempa, Chicago Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
  • Probably the most high profile figure is Wolff Fuss, inflection king extraordinaire.
    — Tim Spiers, The Athletic, 20 Nov. 2024
  • The fashion extraordinaire, who got his start as a sketch artist for Edith Head and Jean Louis in the early '60s, has quite the resume.
    — Brittany Natale, Redbook, 14 Aug. 2023
  • That would be Dave McKay, the Diamondbacks’ first-base coach extraordinaire.
    — Nick Piecoro, The Arizona Republic, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Here is an ode to the memory of Sam Kinison, comedian extraordinaire.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 22 July 2024
  • Surfer extraordinaire Garrett McNamara returns with other surfers and their stories, too.
    — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 June 2023
  • Esther Perel, everyone’s favourite couples therapist and podcaster extraordinaire, agrees with this.
    — Jess Commons, refinery29.com, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Brock Yates—editor extraordinaire for C/D, and no stranger to shaking up the automotive elite—saw an ad for the Ford, remembering it from his early days at the track.
    — Elana Scherr, Car and Driver, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Next came Jimi Hendrix, a guitarist extraordinaire who overdosed on barbiturates in 1970.
    — Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
  • The correspondent extraordinaire has been, well, just about everywhere, cheering on beach volleyball players and skateboarders, sitting in the front row at gymnastic events, all while beating the Paris heat with a mini handheld fan.
    — Toni Sutton, Peoplemag, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Thanks to Dallas Cowboys broadcasting’s Chris Behm, videographer and producer extraordinaire, for pointing out the equipment change on the sideline.
    — Kristi Scales, Dallas News, 11 Sep. 2023
  • David Foster, composer-producer-songwriter extraordinaire, never stops.
    — Jon Burlingame, Variety, 13 Dec. 2024
  • Delaney Schnell, Arizona graduate student and platform diver extraordinaire, will represent one university during the 2024 Summer Olympics.
    — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 25 July 2024

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