How to Use ringleader in a Sentence

ringleader

noun
  • Snoop was the ringleader and all his homies came along for the ride.
    — Bob Guccione Jr., SPIN, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Jimmy was the ringleader, and that was the point of the story.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 31 Jan. 2020
  • Young has been the ringleader of a young, up-and-coming team all season.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 29 May 2021
  • The boys pinned her arms back and took her to their ringleader, who would decide what to do with her next.
    — New York Times, 12 Apr. 2022
  • At a recent show the ringleader wore a red dirndl with gray knee socks and black ankle boots.
    — Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Not a ringleader Krueger was promoted to a sergeant last year.
    — Gina Barton, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 5 June 2018
  • Tiffany Haddish was the ringleader.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 3 Mar. 2026
  • The ringleader had been at the bank hours before the break-in posing as a customer.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 11 Feb. 2023
  • That is, until their ringleader is exposed so badly that the best thing to do is flee.
    — Amy Odell, Cosmopolitan, 19 July 2016
  • The ringleaders of the crowd that wanted to evict them later became their best friends.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland.com, 2 Mar. 2018
  • Ask him two things — who was the ringleader and who else was involved in the kidnapping.
    — Jake Adelstein, Rolling Stone, 17 Oct. 2023
  • The interns pleaded guilty and the ringleader was sentenced to more than eight years in prison.
    — Daniela Hernandez, WSJ, 21 June 2019
  • That’s the person to appoint as ringleader to help streamline the process.
    — Pamela Wright, BostonGlobe.com, 3 Mar. 2021
  • As mentioned above, ringleader Pratt has fled the country and may not be easy to track down.
    — Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 4 Jan. 2020
  • Around eight-thirty, Haskell, the ringleader, announced that the men had made their point.
    — Eliza Griswold, The New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2020
  • The man had no criminal past and was not profiting like the ringleaders.
    — Sadie Gurman, The Seattle Times, 29 May 2017
  • At the time, she was allegedly thought of as the ringleader of the wives and defended his abuse.
    — Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 10 Apr. 2026
  • The problem is that Trump is not a ringleader, and his team is in desperate need of one.
    — Emily Jane Fox, The Hive, 16 Mar. 2017
  • White does not deny being the Spurs’ ringleader in that regard.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Dec. 2021
  • The ringleader of the group and seven others were found guilty on May 23.
    — Lauryn Overhultz, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The ringleader, a man of Iraqi descent, was sentenced to 17 years.
    — Washington Post, 8 Oct. 2020
  • And then there was Milken, their ringleader, who knew every bond in the market, who owned it, and at what price.
    — Bob Ivry, Town & Country, 3 June 2021
  • The ringleader was shot and killed by a trusty -- an inmate serving as a guard -- during the incident.
    — Arkansas Online, 22 Nov. 2025
  • One famous economist even took a turn as circus ringleader (more on that later).
    — Bella Webb, Vogue, 2 Apr. 2026
  • Riza, who with Montgomery has been described as the ringleaders of the scheme, faces similar charges as him.
    — Michael Gartland, New York Daily News, 5 Feb. 2024
  • Morrison, whose junior season was marred by injury, has been the ringleader.
    — Steve Reaven, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • The 17 ringleaders, Heroux said, were sent to other county jails around the state.
    — Adam Sennott, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Apr. 2023
  • Artur Ayvazyan, the ringleader’s brother, was sentenced last month to five years in prison for his part in the scam.
    — Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2021
  • Ciara Dunphy is the ringleader of a circle of mom friends in a small Irish village.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA TODAY, 2 Aug. 2024
  • My parents got the school involved, and the ringleaders were hauled into the vice principal’s office.
    — Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 1 Feb. 2026

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