How to Use maven in a Sentence

maven

noun
  • But even for awards mavens, now is a good time to catch up and explore.
    — Glenn Kenny, New York Times, 19 Jan. 2018
  • Take cues from some street style mavens and go full-on red with a head-to-toe look.
    — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Read on to see how these hair mavens are embracing the trend.
    — Kelsi Zimmerman, Allure, 7 Oct. 2018
  • No fantasy maven in his or her right mind will do the same.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Want to see which beloved culinary maven’s queso reigns supreme?
    — Southern Living, 1 May 2018
  • In the spirit of spring, the style maven has been clearing out what no longer serves her wardrobe.
    — Essence, 8 May 2026
  • Read on to see how these hair mavens are embracing the trend and nailing it.
    — Kelsi Zimmerman, Allure, 7 Oct. 2018
  • The level of savvy and insider pull that these cruise mavens have is hard to match.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Jan. 2024
  • Rub elbows with socialites and nightlife mavens at one of the city’s many glamorous beach clubs.
    — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Fantasy mavens can grab him with a middle-round draft pick and laugh all the way to the bank.
    — Kevin Cusick, Twin Cities, 21 Aug. 2025
  • The actress is known to be a maven of eye-catching ensembles.
    — Violet Goldstone, WWD, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Abrams is Gen Z’s melancholy maven and one of pop’s buzziest young artists.
    — Waiss David Aramesh, Rolling Stone, 8 Feb. 2023
  • This is very much a truck in Patagonia gear, the fashion maven ready for trail life.
    — cleveland, 2 Sep. 2023
  • Lifestyle maven and chef Ayesha Curry is going to be even busier soon.
    — Lauren Porter, Essence.com, 2 Feb. 2018
  • Now, the eccentric style maven is on the cusp of entering the mainstream.
    — Liana Satenstein, Vogue, 18 Jan. 2019
  • Viewers and fashion mavens have quickly picked up on the concept – and celebrities have as well.
    — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 16 May 2023
  • Rocking fur coats and tie-dye sets, Zaza is on her way to becoming a huge style maven.
    — Maiya Carmichael, Essence, 9 Aug. 2019
  • This book is not reserved for just wellness mavens but for all who are in it to refresh from inside toward out.
    — The True Spoon, Vanities, 13 Mar. 2017
  • The Goop maven posed topless in a makeup-free selfie taken from her red-light sauna.
    — Lara Walsh, InStyle, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Each campaign has a team of speechwriters and social media mavens who won’t be much help on stage at the live event.
    — Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 19 May 2024
  • Molly Bloom, an Olympic-hopeful turned high-stakes poker maven, is none of those.
    — Sandra Gonzalez, CNN, 20 Dec. 2017
  • And actress/lifestyle maven, Gwyneth Paltrow, is no stranger to this, for sure.
    — Lauren Smith, House Beautiful, 24 Jan. 2017
  • The dance maven gets right down to the business of covering up her acne while also keeping her skin in mind.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 22 May 2018
  • But Aurora is brave enough to join the new-money mavens at the Met’s opening.
    — Alexis Soloski, New York Times, 2 May 2024
  • The forces behind Bay Area pizza maven Tony Gemignani are strong this year.
    — John Metcalfe, Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2026
  • Martha Stewart is a busy woman, but that's nothing new for the food, style, and housekeeping maven.
    — Jonah Flicker, Town & Country, 1 June 2017
  • But for those of us on staff, as well as for everyone who turns to BA for its recipes, Claire is our dessert maven.
    — Adam Rapoport, Bon Appetit, 19 June 2018
  • Mendes’s status as a theater maven recalls the prestige enjoyed by the late Mike Nichols.
    — Armond White, National Review, 17 Jan. 2020
  • Switching the cap-style base to a headband and adding a bow has made Minnie Mouse a merchandise maven.
    — Dewayne Bevil, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Gamers should find the platform ideal for their needs, while style mavens will find the machine runs Facebook just as well as anything else.
    — Christopher Null, WIRED, 7 July 2017

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