How to Use trailblazer in a Sentence

trailblazer

noun
  • Yes, each was a wife, a mother, and a trailblazer of her time.
    — Shirley Li, The Atlantic, 25 Apr. 2022
  • At the same time, being a trailblazer means putting your ego aside.
    — Ashley Foster, VIBE.com, 10 Oct. 2024
  • All eyes will be on hip hop trailblazers this weekend.
    — Taylor Ardrey, USA Today, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Since then, the pop culture trailblazer has done more than just stick around.
    — Joe Lynch, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2020
  • For her peers, that made her something of a trailblazer.
    — Amanda Davies, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2025
  • As for her place as a trailblazer, well, yes, Mowins is proud of that.
    — Kevin Acee, sandiegouniontribune.com, 10 Sep. 2017
  • Shannon was a trailblazer in a man’s world.
    — New York Daily News, 28 Feb. 2026
  • That is the measure of a trailblazer.
    — Olivia Almagro, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026
  • To the rest of the baseball world, Davis is known as a trailblazer.
    — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 3 July 2023
  • Being the first adds a lot of weight to a trailblazer's shoulders.
    — Heran Mamo, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2020
  • Back in the day — three years ago — the i3 was an emissions-free trailblazer.
    — Robert Duffer, chicagotribune.com, 8 Aug. 2017
  • The fashion world is mourning the death of a true trailblazer.
    — Karu F. Daniels, New York Daily News, 1 July 2024
  • Truth is, there’s a lot of sleaze out there, and politicians seem to be trailblazers at slinging it.
    — Patrick Wallis, Baltimore Sun, 24 May 2024
  • Norman was a trailblazer who stood on the shoulder of giants and knew it.
    — Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Now is the perfect time for Gibson to get her due as a true pop trailblazer.
    — Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2022
  • This is a sad demise for a team that were trailblazers in the women's game for a brief period.
    — SI.com, 14 Oct. 2019
  • In the hours since his death, the deputy was described as a trailblazer multiple times.
    — Christina Maxouris, CNN, 28 Sep. 2019
  • In the months since, the brand has been a trailblazer in the CBD space.
    — Leah Prinzivalli, Allure, 28 May 2019
  • Williams joked of being a trailblazer with his candor on the subject.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Stoneman was a trailblazer and sought a way to Prescott that would avoid the southern route.
    — Jim McAllister, azcentral, 16 June 2018
  • Suarez, like Patrick, is trying to become a trailblazer in the sport.
    — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 21 Mar. 2018
  • This isn't the school's first time serving as a trailblazer in the cannabis industry.
    — Rachel Trent, CNN, 6 Apr. 2021
  • Harold would be thrilled to be recognizing these two trailblazers with his award.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 1 Dec. 2025
  • Women were the trailblazers of the civil rights movement as well.
    — Lisa Birnbach, Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019
  • And Lucy, the brilliant trailblazer, didn’t don her capri pants often enough to own the look.
    — Washington Post, 13 May 2021
  • While Jolie is not one of the trend’s trailblazers, the dress did not feel outside of her wheelhouse.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Off the field, Morgan has been a trailblazer for equal pay and equal treatment of women in sports.
    — Manasi Pathak, Forbes, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Westside Square was a trailblazer in food truck parks in Hartford.
    — Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 11 June 2026
  • Even Van Leeuwen, a trailblazer of the fancy-ice-cream movement, has put it on tap.
    — Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 28 June 2026
  • Moon was a trailblazer and iconoclast.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 3 June 2026

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