How to Use founding member in a Sentence

founding member

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  • Ward also was a founding member of the band School of Fish.
    — Lawrence Yee, Peoplemag, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Jon Wysocki, drummer and founding member of Staind, has died at the age of 53.
    — Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 20 May 2024
  • Jon Wysocki, a drummer and founding member of the rock band Staind, has died.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 20 May 2024
  • Tom Fletcher, a founding member of the band McFly, is writing the music and lyrics.
    — Julia Binswanger, Smithsonian Magazine, 14 Dec. 2023
  • Hess was a founding member of the Buckeye Youth Council in 2014.
    — Alexandra Hardle, The Arizona Republic, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The guitarist and a founding member of the Allman Brothers Band died last month at 80.
    — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 17 May 2024
  • Portland was a founding member of the Pacific Coast League in 1903 with the team that would become the Beavers.
    — Bill Oram, oregonlive, 14 Apr. 2023
  • Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks, has died.
    — Michaela Zee, Variety, 23 Dec. 2023
  • Randy Meisner, a founding member of The Eagles, has died.
    — Daniel S. Levine, Peoplemag, 28 July 2023
  • Laura Lynch, a founding member of the Dixie Chicks (now the Chicks) who played on the country act’s first three albums, has died at the age of 65.
    — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 23 Dec. 2023
  • The founding member of 1990s hip-hop group the Fugees has denied any wrongdoing.
    — Christi Carras, Los Angeles Times, 27 Mar. 2023
  • The artistic project was led by MacDonald, a founding member of the Group of Seven.
    — Karen K. Ho, ARTnews.com, 12 June 2024
  • Gee is a founding member of the grassroots group Women for Biden-Harris.
    — Stephanie Murray, The Arizona Republic, 26 June 2024
  • George Tickner, a founding member of the rock group Journey, has died at 76.
    — Vulture, 6 July 2023
  • Geordie Walker, a founding member and guitarist of the post-punk band and goth rock pioneers Killing Joke, has died.
    — Evan Minsker, Pitchfork, 26 Nov. 2023
  • She once was married to her sister's husband's brother, was a founding member of the show, and was known to be more private and reserved than the rest of the cast.
    — Kate Hogan, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Sáez, 61, a founding member of the new architecture school at P.U.C.E.
    — Michael Snyder Ana Topoleanu, New York Times, 10 May 2024
  • Turner was a founding member of the band, along with his brother, bass player Richard Turner.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 4 Mar. 2024
  • Train is mourning the loss of founding member Charlie Colin, following news that the bassist died at age 58.
    — Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 22 May 2024
  • Otis Williams, 81, is the sole surviving founding member of The Temptations.
    — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Kent Stax, drummer and founding member of Virginia hardcore group Scream, has died.
    — Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Phelps, whose mother was a founding member of the church, was practically raised there and has been behind the pulpit for the past twenty-nine years.
    — Geraldo Cadava, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2024
  • As if the founding member of the legendary rock band wasn’t music royalty already.
    — Nardine Saad, Los Angeles Times, 15 Mar. 2023
  • This is one of the first farm wineries established in Connecticut and a founding member of the Connecticut Wine Trail.
    — Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Christina is also a founding member of the Special Olympics Founder's Council.
    — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Musician Charlie Colin, a founding member of the band Train, has died.
    — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
  • The rapper and founding member of Public Enemy was in Detroit to watch the race this weekend and quickly found a driver to cheer for.
    — Jenna Malinowski, Detroit Free Press, 5 June 2023
  • Sharpe is a founding member of locally legendary ‘90s band Toy Shop.
    — Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 10 Aug. 2023
  • Howe was integral in the introduction of lacrosse on the high school level in Kentucky and was a founding member of the local US Lacrosse chapter.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2023
  • Known for his ambient compositions, Eno was a founding member of British art rock band Roxy Music, which shot to fame in the early 1970s.
    — Jack Guy, CNN, 5 June 2023

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