How to Use gay in a Sentence

gay

adjective
  • The band was playing a gay tune.
  • Even though one of them was gay.
    — Howie Carr, Boston Herald, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Old, gay and mean, the triple crown.
    — Stephanie Giang-Paunon, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Sheep don't choose to be gay or straight.
    — Sara Belcher, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026
  • And of course, make an ode to how gay the show is.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • That’s all any little gay boy wants.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Oh, and gay fans are very loyal too.
    — Tomás Mier, Rolling Stone, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Of course, baseball has gay fans.
    — Tomi Lahren Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • They’re allowed to write about gay men.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025
  • The world can’t get enough of gay cowboys.
    — Mathew Rodriguez, Them., 25 Sep. 2025
  • Warfield came out as gay in 2017.
    — Dan Heching, EW.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • What makes a song, a singer, a piece of music gay?
    — Ct Jones, Rolling Stone, 11 May 2026
  • Black or White, gay and straight, and yes, red or blue.
    — Jay Stahl, USA Today, 25 Apr. 2026
  • The queen is a trans woman, and the king is a gay man.
    — Joe Donlon, CBS News, 4 June 2026
  • Now, that’s not to say that baseball doesn’t have gay fans.
    — Tomi Lahren Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026
  • Joy was Black, with a strong gay side like a lot of the dancers.
    — Literary Hub, 6 Nov. 2025
  • At the time, Aiken had not publicly come out as gay.
    — Janelle Ash, FOXNews.com, 26 June 2026
  • There are gay artists that are gay from the get-go and are massive pop stars.
    — Gary Graff, Billboard, 25 Feb. 2026
  • Listen to your gay friends who know better.
    — Zack Sharf, Variety, 11 May 2026
  • Many were thrown out by their parents for being gay or trans.
    — Holly Jones, Variety, 30 Nov. 2023
  • A lot of women wouldn’t want to be married to a gay man.
    — Ramin Setoodeh, Variety, 16 Oct. 2025
  • So the gay people on my show couldn't even come to my defense.
    — Tonya Mosley, NPR, 6 Apr. 2026
  • The decade was, of course, a nightmarish time to be gay.
    — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Where is the best place to be gay in America?
    — Jessica Guynn, USA Today, 1 June 2026
  • For many gay men, the new decade was a revolution of the body.
    — Andrew Durbin, Vulture, 13 Apr. 2026
  • Two years ago, at age 72, Tingle came out as a gay man.
    — Maggie Menderski, Louisville Courier Journal, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Plus the show is gayer than it’s ever been before.
    — Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2025
  • And thank you to my therapist and gay people.
    — Marina Watts, PEOPLE, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Human rights groups and gay rights groups have faced a major crackdown.
    — Terence McGinley, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • To be sure, gay men have embraced the show in large and enthused numbers.
    — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 22 Dec. 2025

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