How to Use majorette in a Sentence

majorette

noun
  • Lyliah, 11, was forced to quit majorette and cheer.
    — Jackie Charniga, USA Today, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Brides and majorettes are allowed to wear white shoes or boots all year, and the widow wears black.
    — Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Shepard and her two sisters grew up as baton twirlers, majorettes, and dancers.
    — Melina Khan, USA Today, 17 Mar. 2026
  • There’s even footage of a Tuskegee football game complete with band and majorettes.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 15 June 2018
  • At the top of the concrete stands, three majorettes, nicknamed the Tigerettes, danced to the music.
    — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Nov. 2025
  • Even majorettes marched at sharp angles, hats tilted over our right eyebrows; we were punished for cracking a smile.
    — The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
  • These dancelines developed out of the drum majorette tradition.
    — Zack Arias, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • Brianna Bursley is a majorette dancer for the East High School band.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Some little boys can be seen laughing and swinging around each other, while the little girls in red majorette-style outfits in the front appear frozen still.
    — Anna Fifield, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
  • The ensemble, known for its success in hip-hop majorette competitions, is on its latest national tour.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • The crowd stopped and took pictures and photos of the band and majorettes dressed in red and white, performing a music and dance number in effortless formation.
    — Ashley Lyle, Billboard, 20 May 2018
  • Brianna, 17, joined the band’s majorette team while in elementary school with the help of her older brother, who also belonged to the band.
    — Claretta Bellamy, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2023
  • Hadiya, a majorette, had performed just days before at festivities for his second inauguration.
    — Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2021
  • Sixth grader Kennedy Smith's favorite thing to do during recess is dancing majorette with her friend Ta'Eriah Griffin.
    — Elizabeth B. Kim, Cincinnati Enquirer, 14 Oct. 2025
  • See the legacy Michele kookiness in the towering majorette feather hats and a silver Harry Styles-esque tinsel coat.
    — Vanessa Friedman, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2023
  • Another sister, Geraldine Rolle (who taught me all the moves to become a majorette in high school) became a pharmacist and Agnes was a registered nurse.
    — Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Pendleton, a majorette, had performed at President Barack Obama’s second inauguration days before she was killed.
    — Madeline Buckley, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Katherine Barkman was a highlight as the first regiment’s baton-twirling majorette; surely Balanchine himself would have delighted in her playful musicality.
    — Rachel Howard, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Feb. 2026
  • Her performance also paid tribute the culture of historically Black colleges and universities by featuring a full marching band and majorette dancers, as well as a step show and pledges strolling by in honor of Black Greek life.
    — Jason Pham, StyleCaster, 26 Dec. 2024
  • Memorial Hall is filled almost to its 1,800 seat capacity, with former students, draped in the customary red and sky blue Hornet colors, band members, majorettes, and cheerleaders.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 7 Mar. 2023
  • Beyonce performed at the 2018 edition of Coachella with a marching band and majorettes in celebration of historically black colleges and universities.
    — David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2019
  • The Flemister Foundation aims to help urban dance communities specializing in styles such as hip-hop and majorette overcome their grief through mental health counseling and dance competitions in Chicago and beyond.
    — Laura Turbay, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The atrium where it will be located will host public events and is named after Hadiya Pendleton, the teenage majorette who marched in former President Obama’s second inauguration parade and died by gun violence days later in 2013.
    — Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 16 Dec. 2025

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