How to Use spoiler alert in a Sentence

spoiler alert

noun
  • But all of that — spoiler alert!
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 14 Apr. 2026
  • The movie ends with — spoiler alert!
    Kimberly Nordyke, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Oh, and — for those who haven’t yet watched, here’s the spoiler alert.
    Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • Because spoiler alert, the biggest clue has been right in your face the whole time.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 12 Mar. 2026
  • When two good teams play one another — spoiler alert — one of them has to lose.
    Brendan Marks, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
  • But—and spoiler alert—the spirits dwelling here aren’t just restless.
    Lincoln Michel, GQ, 14 Oct. 2017
  • They're built to fit an 'average build' which is -- spoiler alert -- no one.
    CNN, 6 May 2022
  • But—spoiler alert—the piglet and pup hit it off surprisingly well.
    Rori Kotch, Country Living, 16 July 2015
  • And — spoiler alert — one of her go-tos isn't actual makeup at all.
    Kaitlyn Frey, PEOPLE.com, 22 Dec. 2021
  • Come for the zombies; stay for the metaphors—no spoiler alert necessary for those.
    Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 19 June 2025
  • And the pair’s feuding parents bury their beef, instead of (spoiler alert) their kids.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2019
  • Well, obviously there was a very big event at the end of last year, which was the – spoiler alert!
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
  • And spoiler alert, sandpaper lips don’t make for good kissing.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026
  • There was a funeral scene in the Hacks finale where - spoiler alert!
    Jolie Lash, EW.com, 21 June 2021
  • By the end of this inspiring film, that fact has (spoiler alert) been movingly put to rest.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Five is the last to land, smack dab in the middle of a nuclear doomsday, which - spoiler alert!
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 8 July 2020
  • The opera -- spoiler alert -- does not end well for Angelotti or Tosca.
    Alexandra Svokos, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Poor Office Pembry, who (spoiler alert) gets his face ripped off.
    Keith Sharon, Nashville Tennessean, 7 Nov. 2025
  • But, spoiler alert, in the Netflix flick, the comet hits the Earth — and destroys it.
    Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
  • And there is no sure-fire crying scene here like — spoiler alert — the fate of Bing Bong in the first film.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • Logan was his last, and (another spoiler alert) the character died at the end of that film.
    Eliana Dockterman, Time, 7 June 2019
  • Though not its star, (opaque spoiler alert) Wiley, as Moira, is arguably the show's hero.
    Sarah Miller, SELF, 13 Sep. 2017
  • No one else mentions Emily’s age at any point in the episode or, slight spoiler alert, the rest of the season.
    Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
  • To say anything else, or even some of what was just said, would be to get into spoiler alert territory.
    Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 27 Jan. 2026
  • And, spoiler alert, my heroine, Abby, returns as well.
    Sarah Mlynowski, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
  • This isn't a spoiler alert, but Little Weirds has a happy ending.
    Seija Rankin, EW.com, 2 Dec. 2020
  • In the evening episode—spoiler alert—Birdie triumphs by helping restore power to a city.
    Lucy Cohen Blatter, WSJ, 7 June 2018
  • After all, spoiler alert, the Reds win their first World Series at the end!
    J. Scott Sewell, Cincinnati.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • And the real Larry was waiting at the front of the prison to take me home—which, by the way, is not a spoiler alert.
    Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 12 June 2015
  • But, spoiler alert, Sony acquiesced.
    Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 2 June 2026

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