How to Use Black Panther in a Sentence

Black Panther

noun
Definition of Black Panthernext
  • The fact of the matter is, the Black Panther Party deserves more than a caper.
    — Fredrika Newton, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
  • His mother Afeni was a Black Panther and instilled a sense of activism in her son.
    — Stephanie Fasano, ABC News, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Think the hype around the Black Panther premiere but with silver cowboy hats and fringe and denim.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2023
  • Rodgers’s activism began as a teen Black Panther in New York.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 8 Jan. 2024
  • While maybe not the best movie on the list—that honor goes to Black Panther—Endgame is certainly the best superhero movie on the list.
    — Moises Mendez Ii, TIME, 23 July 2024
  • The track is featured in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever and is one of two songs the singer contributed to the film.
    — Selena Fragassi, SPIN, 12 Mar. 2023
  • The Black Panther star also wore a Chanel look—a lavender tweet set including a vest and a matching pair of shorts.
    — Justin Ray, Robb Report, 6 July 2023
  • The actor, who also starred alongside Chadwick Boseman in the first Black Panther, is a bona fide movie star in an era short of them.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 5 Dec. 2023
  • The stylist has worked with the Black Panther actress for years, dressing her for a number of award shows, events and everything in between.
    — Hedy Phillips, Peoplemag, 11 Dec. 2023
  • Hamilton also served as the primary stand-in for the Oakland birthplace of the Black Panther Party.
    — Todd Longwell, Variety, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Three society women in cocktail dresses stare up at the camera, each with her right fist raised in the Black Panther salute.
    — Zachary Woolfe, New York Times, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The Black Panther actor paired her very blunt, straight bangs with glistening silver shadows and lipstick the color of blood.
    — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 22 Sep. 2023
  • These comics reflect the sixties (with the exception of Black Panther, who got his first multi-issue arc in the seventies).
    — Stephanie Burt, The New Yorker, 20 Sep. 2023
  • With Gloria Macarenko that the Black Panther director is working on bringing back the classic sci-fi series.
    — Brendan Morrow, The Week, 28 Mar. 2023
  • There were exceptions, such as the Black Panther Party, which formally endorsed her in April 1972.
    — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The Swedish composer won in this category five years ago for scoring Black Panther.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 23 Jan. 2024
  • These pieces evoke the power and elegance of the Black Panther and offer a unique way to incorporate the Wakandan spirit into any outfit.
    — Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Apr. 2023
  • After about 10 years of setbacks, the film, executive produced by Black Panther’s Letitia Wright, opened this week.
    — Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 5 July 2024
  • The enthusiasm around Black Panther seemed like an indication of where Hollywood was going in the mid- and late 2010s.
    — Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 17 June 2024
  • The 2018 Black Panther film begins and ends in Oakland, with strong messages about community service.
    — Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Robin Buller looks at the history of this community college and its role in developing young activists such as the co-founders of the Black Panther movement.
    — Ryan Fonseca, Los Angeles Times, 22 Aug. 2023
  • The two had also reportedly butted heads over the making of films such as Black Panther, according to Iger’s biography.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 July 2024
  • That notion is, of course, highly offensive, since Shakur was the son of a Black Panther, grew up around the Panthers, and the organization’s ethos influenced his music and thinking.
    — Charles Blow, The Mercury News, 5 June 2024
  • The Black Panther star, 40, stepped out onto the streets of Paris in head-to-toe Chanel, wearing a lavender tweed set that included a vest embellished with silver buttons that led up to a structured collar and a matching pair of shorts.
    — Liza Esquibias, Peoplemag, 4 July 2023
  • Wakanda Forever won best movie, five years after the original Black Panther won in that category.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 June 2023
  • The son of Black Panther parents and a onetime performing arts student turned hip-hop backup dancer, Mr. Shakur had broken out as a solo artist in the early 1990s with a unique blend of introspective street poetry and young man’s fury.
    — Jill Cowan, New York Times, 5 Oct. 2023
  • His upbringing was undeniably shaped by his mother’s — and her comrades’ — Black Panther activism.
    — Anumita Kaur, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Artists moved between the two galleries; this was more about community than capital, and community bonds were strengthened by the era’s many upheavals: the Watts rebellion, the radicalism of the Black Panther Party.
    — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Biographies and history books now recount how Black Panther outposts around the nation marshaled volunteers to develop healthy food options, raise money to buy ingredients and then cook the meals.
    — Cathie Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Named after a Peruvian revolutionary and born to a Black Panther, Shakur was almost fated to reject authority and speak for the disenfranchised.
    — Spin Staff, Spin, 29 Sep. 2023

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