How to Use starlet in a Sentence

starlet

noun
  • She was a starlet in the 1940s.
  • The starlet completed her look with a peachy-nude blush on her cheeks and glossy lips.
    — Nicole Saunders, Harper's BAZAAR, 24 May 2019
  • The young starlet paired a bold red and white wrap top with vintage denim jeans and red pumps.
    — Sophia Tulp, USA TODAY, 30 June 2017
  • But the young starlet is inspiring her fans in many more forms than just music.
    — Nicole Sands, PEOPLE.com, 2 Nov. 2017
  • The springy coils fall a bit past her shoulders and have a warm brown hue that looks gorgeous on the starlet.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Sep. 2021
  • And while new to the starlet, the setting spray already seemed to be a hit among others.
    — Jacqueline Saguin, Good Housekeeping, 10 Sep. 2023
  • Its faux leather leggings and skinny jeans gained traction with starlets of the mid-aughts.
    — Caitlin Moscatello, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Off-screen, Mimieux was much more than the naïve starlet she was pigeonholed as.
    — Jake Coyle, USA TODAY, 20 Jan. 2022
  • With the help of a starlet named Vera, her dream of meeting him slowly takes shape.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 8 July 2025
  • The country starlet performed the song as her character in the episode.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Scroll below to see the stars who celebrated with the starlet.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The starlet only wore a white dress once, for her first wedding in 1942.
    — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 6 Jan. 2026
  • Styled with side parts and sleek roots, anyone and everyone hoping to look like a starlet tried the look on for size.
    — Rebecca Norris, Allure, 22 May 2018
  • The sequence ends with a leap and a lift, her hands on their shoulders, framed above them like a ’50s starlet.
    — Sean Erwin, miamiherald, 6 July 2017
  • And the Island team, which likes to get the ball down and play, is a good place for starlets to develop.
    — Henry Flynn, Forbes.com, 19 May 2025
  • And still, people mostly think of her as a bug-eyed 2000s starlet with bangs.
    — Jenny Singer, Glamour, 23 Sep. 2021
  • The movie also travels back in time to Garland's childhood as a young starlet.
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 30 Aug. 2019
  • The shame for Manchester City is in who half of those Chelsea starlets are.
    — Zak Garner-Purkis, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
  • Along with those, names inspired by fictional and real-life starlets will also be in vogue.
    — Anna Halkidis, Parents, 30 Dec. 2025
  • In many ways, the host helping starlets navigate the stage in their heels and such is the last bastion of chivalry.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 25 July 2025
  • Sparks flew between the then-single starlets, and within seven months, Fox put a ring on it.
    — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 16 July 2023
  • What shocks me most in all of this are the starlets who have taken 20 years to remember what happened.
    — Emilia Petrarca, The Cut, 13 Apr. 2018
  • Nobody, though, outside a small circle would know this was the resting place for an ex-football starlet.
    — Daniel Taylor, New York Times, 20 Aug. 2025
  • Here's more about the rap starlet ahead of the 2025 Grammy Awards.
    — Taijuan Moorman, USA TODAY, 12 Jan. 2025
  • There’s nothing like a Barbie-pink sports bra to remind us that the spirit of the noughties starlet lives on.
    — Olivia Allen, Vogue, 13 Nov. 2025
  • The look makes Cabello the latest of red carpet starlets hopping on the sheer trend.
    — Mikelle Street, WWD, 21 Sep. 2024
  • The starlet doesn’t know it yet, but the experience will irreparably alter the course of her life.
    — Christian Zilko, IndieWire, 16 Oct. 2024
  • He had been told that one starlet had shown potential to be the first team’s defensive midfielder for some time to come.
    — Laia Cervelló Herrero, New York Times, 12 Aug. 2025
  • Thanks to a tantalizing teaser from the right starlet, Loewe is already at the fore.
    — Leah Dolan, CNN, 21 Sep. 2022
  • But what is Joan’s story, and why does her iconography appeal to the young starlets of today?
    — Tacita Quinn, CNN, 15 Oct. 2024

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