How to Use cheerleader in a Sentence

cheerleader

noun
  • Male cheerleaders are not a new thing.
    — Megan Cartwright, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Aug. 2025
  • Male cheerleaders are not a new thing.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The brand that calls you mama is both a cheerleader and a scold.
    — Amanda Hess, Vogue, 8 May 2025
  • He’s been hired by Courteney to work with her cheerleaders.
    — Denise Petski, Deadline, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Moreover, stay in touch with your cousin and be his peer cheerleader.
    — Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Cox said there will be no pregame or postgame handshakes, no cheerleaders and no pep bands.
    — Kyle Neddenriep, Indianapolis Star, 12 Mar. 2020
  • Both schools brought their bands, cheerleaders and mascots.
    — ABC News, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The role of the grand marshal is to be the biggest cheerleader for the event.
    — Jack Perry, The Providence Journal, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The Vikings are not the first team to employ male cheerleaders.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • The Vikings are not the first team to employ male cheerleaders.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The Jaguars cheerleaders were there.
    — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2026
  • One of the perks of being a Chiefs cheerleader?
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Granato has been a cheerleader from the time the event was announced.
    — Dave Kallmann, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Dec. 2021
  • The video features a young male cheerleader in the middle as the group dances.
    — Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 14 Aug. 2025
  • Forty-nine cheerleaders make up the four teams with the Marysville Jr.
    — Kayla Moeller, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2025
  • Boise State cheerleaders are scheduled to be on site.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 9 Apr. 2026
  • To the project’s many cheerleaders, everything is up in the air now.
    — Jon Chesto, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Where are all the City of Yes cheerleaders who pushed for build, build, build?
    — Roberta Brandes Gratz, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2026
  • McNeese’s cheerleaders wore shirts with his face on them.
    — Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 16 Mar. 2026
  • This is called being a cheerleader.
    — Anna Lazarus Caplan, PEOPLE, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Stone was a cheerleader, and two of her teammates from the fall are managers for the wrestling team.
    — Aj Traub, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Was there any one member of the band who was the biggest cheerleader for the reunion?
    — Ian Cohen, SPIN, 1 June 2022
  • The younger daughter could never play on the school soccer team or be a cheerleader.
    — Carol Marbin Miller, ProPublica, 8 Apr. 2021
  • The photo shows a young man wearing a wig and a cheerleader’s uniform.
    — Tori Otten, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
  • In the front is a little girl dressed in a miniature cheerleader’s uniform.
    — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2024
  • When her family moves across town, a teenager must win over the head cheerleader to make the squad.
    — Ed Stockly, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2021
  • And those yells are led by Yell Leaders—not cheerleaders.
    — Kristen Tribe, Southern Living, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Our mother was Ping’s biggest cheerleader and taught him to reach for the stars.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 25 May 2022
  • The town was always going to blame the burnout for the cheerleader’s murder.
    — Eliana Dockterman, Time, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Phoenix Suns cheerleaders pose courtside at the game in Macao.
    — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 11 Oct. 2025

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