How to Use stardom in a Sentence

stardom

noun
  • Tom Cruise rewrote the rules of movie stardom.
    — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 28 Jan. 2026
  • The Wild need to pounce at the height of his stardom.
    — Michael Russo, New York Times, 26 May 2026
  • Slate took a circuitous path to both love and comedic stardom.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2024
  • The path to that desired stardom starts with the ball in his hands.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 19 July 2025
  • All starts, all signs pointing to stardom.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Los Angeles Times, 12 June 2026
  • Alas, Earl Grey was made for the sea, not stardom.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 7 June 2026
  • Yes, Nikki has all the tools for comedic stardom.
    — Chris Rock, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
  • The path to stardom looks more tangible by the day.
    — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026
  • But the journey to stardom is not simple or straight.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 8 Mar. 2026
  • But in the end, her vision of stardom is winning out.
    — Jessie Yeung, CNN Money, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Even in an election year where fear of psy-ops and pop stardom collide.
    — Lorraine Ali, Los Angeles Times, 31 Jan. 2024
  • With newfound stardom, Wallen was on top.
    — Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • Summer’s trip to stardom was not the walk most traveled.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Nov. 2025
  • What is the best thing about success and stardom, and what are the downsides?
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Nov. 2022
  • But just a few years after the band reached global stardom, things fell apart.
    — Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2026
  • Michkov, of course, could already be on a path toward stardom.
    — Kevin Kurz, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2025
  • Named or not, Banksy's stardom lives, art experts say.
    — ABC News, 22 Mar. 2026
  • Named or not, Banksy's stardom lives, art experts say.
    — ABC News, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Lyles wanted the luster of sports stardom.
    — Marcus Thompson Ii, New York Times, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Did roller skate TikTok stardom just flash through your head?
    — Kelsey Stiegman, Seventeen, 8 Nov. 2022
  • Simon's been wanting some of the stardom.
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, Entertainment Weekly, 29 Jan. 2026
  • But the pressure of stardom took a toll on Aaron's childhood.
    — Katherine Lam, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2025
  • There’s the hungry young artist who seems marked for stardom long before the rest of the world has caught on.
    — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 19 Oct. 2023
  • His rise to stardom came at a time when the national mood in Japan was at a low.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The Cavinders don’t know what their online stardom will lead to.
    — Ralph D. Russo, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2021
  • In other words, Jepsen is still finding ways to make pop stardom work for her.
    — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 25 Oct. 2022
  • In the movies, even casual erotic hookups tend to be viewed through a sheen of stardom.
    — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Still, there are at least two people in the actor's life who don't get starstruck by his child stardom.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Dec. 2025
  • Its social media stardom stems in part from the plating.
    — Louisa Kung Liu Chu, Chicago Tribune, 27 May 2026
  • All the peaks and the valleys that came with rock & roll stardom and my life in one of the world’s biggest bands.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 June 2021

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