How to Use glamorous in a Sentence

glamorous

adjective
  • She wore a glamorous black gown.
  • She looked glamorous in her formal black gown.
  • A private investigator's job isn't as glamorous as people think.
  • Are socks the most glamorous gift in the world?
    — Francesca Krempa, Travel + Leisure, 11 June 2026
  • Gruene Hall is not a glamorous venue.
    — Cat Cardenas, Vogue, 7 May 2026
  • The life of a piano tuner is not glamorous.
    — Jane Bua, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
  • The star wore her hair in a glamorous updo.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
  • The star wore her hair in a glamorous updo.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Few are glamorous, and most have to do with storage.
    — Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 23 Feb. 2026
  • The work is not glamorous, but the soundtrack might be.
    — Hanif Abdurraqib, New Yorker, 18 Oct. 2025
  • Some of those insights are less than glamorous.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 1 Apr. 2026
  • This adds a more polished, glamorous edge to the evening.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Well, the scene was not so glamorous after all.
    — Samantha Agate, Miami Herald, 28 Mar. 2026
  • What followed was a bit less glamorous.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 15 June 2026
  • The other side of it is not glamorous at all, that’s for sure.
    — Anaja I. Smith, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
  • Lara Croft is one of the most glamorous video game leads of all time.
    — Washington Post, 13 Oct. 2021
  • The guest lists of these events were as eclectic as the names were glamorous.
    — James Reginato, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 July 2024
  • Scouting is not a glamorous job.
    — Dan Greene, New Yorker, 18 May 2026
  • The rest of the photos from the shoot were just as glamorous as the two above.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Sorry, that’s not a very glamorous take.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vanity Fair, 27 Feb. 2026
  • One of the lessons of this book, in fact, is that field research is not glamorous.
    — David James, Anchorage Daily News, 9 Apr. 2022
  • The less glamorous side — the poop shoveled, the low wages — is rarely shown.
    — Leah Asmelash, CNN Money, 19 Oct. 2025
  • Then came oil and gas, the glamorous high roller that brought big money and big swings.
    — Reid Rasner, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • None of it is glamorous, but all of it is meaningful.
    — Laurel Donnellan, Forbes.com, 14 May 2026
  • And life on the fringes of the pro circuit is hardly glamorous.
    — New York Times, 29 June 2021
  • But the next leap the industry must take is much less glamorous.
    — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • None of it is glamorous, and none of it requires a free weekend.
    — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 30 Apr. 2026
  • These are not glamorous setups.
    — Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 21 May 2026
  • The room was glamorous without needing to be sort of zhuzhed.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The program has been the most glamorous post in broadcast news.
    — David Folkenflik, NPR, 3 June 2026

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