How to Use headliner in a Sentence

headliner

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  • He was the headliner at a local night club.
  • There’s no disputing this one as the headliner of the week as far as pedigreed programs are concerned.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 3 Sep. 2022
  • But many voters don’t want anything to do with a party that’s clueless enough to keep Mr. Trump as the headliner of its show.
    — Dave Seminara, WSJ, 11 Sep. 2022
  • McKellen is not the only headliner venturing into dance at this year’s festival.
    — Mark Shenton, Variety, 30 Aug. 2022
  • For a man that was once a headliner of BYU’s 2018 signing class, his football career had been derailed.
    — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Aug. 2022
  • The scheduled headliner is up-and-coming musical sensation DJT.
    — John Phillips, Orange County Register, 9 Oct. 2024
  • There are also paved trails around the park, but the trails are the headliner.
    — Miami Staff, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • Clark is the headliner of this youth movement, of course.
    — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 24 May 2024
  • On the bill: a slew of headliner-sized names singing songs by Jewish artists.
    — Jeff Miller, Variety, 6 Dec. 2022
  • But the movie’s headliner was Carl Weathers — for once not a sideman, but the star.
    — Chris Klimek, Washington Post, 4 Feb. 2024
  • At the time, Oct. 8 was penciled in as not just the SEC game of the year, but a national headliner.
    — Michael Casagrande | McAsagrande@al.com, al, 4 Oct. 2022
  • The arrangement was meant to showcase the whole Cuban team, but Cruz was the headliner.
    — Morgan Campbell Todd Heisler, New York Times, 24 June 2023
  • Remember your helmet and bike lights since the sun has set by the time the headliner wraps up.
    — Kirby Adams, The Courier-Journal, 27 Mar. 2024
  • In a league of unknown players, the coaches are the headliners.
    — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • The event started in 2010, and this year has nabbed Janet Jackson and Kendrick Lamar as headliners.
    — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023
  • The window-lift switches are on the center console—not the headliner, as was the case in the Milano.
    — John Phillips, Car and Driver, 10 Mar. 2023
  • Cano was far from a headliner in the Orioles’ return for Jorge López.
    — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 31 July 2024
  • The second headliner, Kane Brown, was announced the next day.
    — Chris Foran, Journal Sentinel, 15 Oct. 2024
  • The headliner was Monday evening’s blink-and-you’ll-miss-it Marc Jacobs show.
    — Chloe Malle, Vogue, 29 June 2023
  • While Bryan was a model headliner to close out the night, the day was an eventful one leading up to his set.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The evening begins with a children’s performer followed by the headliners at 6 p.m. 5 to 8 p.m. Free.
    — Chris Richards, Washington Post, 8 June 2023
  • Of course, the six-time CMT award winner and rising country star is on tour now as a headliner.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 30 July 2024
  • The headliners, of course, are the Royals’ starting pitchers.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 7 Apr. 2024
  • The kids were travelling with the Pumpkins on the band’s stadium tour with Green Day, the headliner.
    — John Seabrook, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Castro, Lenin, Stalin, Tito and Mao rank among the headliners.
    — Kevin Sherrington, Dallas News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • This is a group of people who (were) about to perform on stage with the headliner and were not given passes.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Monsta X will be the day 1 headliner for the Las Vegas fest’s first night of concerts on April 21.
    — Jeff Benjamin, Billboard, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Kaskade, the event's headliner, previously played the Snake Pit in 2015.
    — Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Jan. 2023
  • On nights when there is a headliner, that set comes next for 75-minutes, followed by a late-night party with more cabaret.
    — Melinda Sheckells, Variety, 3 Nov. 2023
  • But what makes the 2023 festival unique is the fact that two of the headliners don’t primarily sing in English.
    — Katherine Singh, refinery29.com, 19 Apr. 2023

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