How to Use rising star in a Sentence

rising star

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  • The Nets have rising star Mikal Bridges, a good friend of Lillard’s.
    — Afentres, oregonlive, 1 July 2023
  • In 1996, a rising star named Kobe Bryant burst onto the scene.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Sep. 2022
  • The film aims to honor 10 of the rising stars who are receiving an award.
    — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 3 Jan. 2024
  • The fast-rising star can’t pinpoint when their paths first crossed.
    — Carlos Aguilar, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2022
  • In six years, the rapper and singer has made his way from rising star to an Alamo Records signee.
    — Dallas News, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The more she is touted as a rising star, the more her standing with Trump is likely to fade.
    — Robert Robb, CNN, 31 Oct. 2022
  • The evening marked the first-ever Globes nomination for the rising star.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Over one week, the rising star witnesses the horrific lengths his hero will go to to stay at the top of his game.
    — Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Look out, hip-hop world: XXL has announced its 2023 freshman class of rising stars in the genre.
    — USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
  • Eight years later, Sorelle is now a rising star in the world of cinema.
    — C. Isaiah Smalls Ii, Miami Herald, 8 May 2024
  • Dias had long been treated as a rising star in his research field.
    — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Daisy Edgar-Jones is one of the most compelling rising stars in Hollywood.
    — Chris Snellgrove, EW.com, 18 July 2024
  • The episode featured racist jokes, some of them having been pointed at rising star Ice Spice.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 3 Oct. 2023
  • The film ends on Nicki Minaj, a then rising star with promise.
    — Taylor Crumpton, refinery29.com, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Clark's a rising star who was unfathomably freaky in Saint Maud.
    — Darren Franich, EW.com, 31 Aug. 2022
  • There are worse places that a rising star can find themselves than at loose ends in Europe in July.
    — Alessandra Codinha, Vogue, 13 Mar. 2024
  • Megan Thee Stallion was already a major rising star at the time of the shooting, and her prominence has surged since.
    — Andrew Dalton, Anchorage Daily News, 24 Dec. 2022
  • Logan has been called a rising star and is well-respected by his peers.
    — David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 May 2024
  • Megan Thee Stallion, now 28, was already a major rising star at the time of the shooting, and her prominence has surged since.
    — Time, 9 Aug. 2023
  • Expect that to change this spring thanks to a surprising rising star: the humble gray hoodie.
    — Alexis Bennett Parker, Vogue, 12 Feb. 2024
  • What’s behind its rising star power in L.A.'s food scene?
    — Los Angeles Times, 27 Jan. 2023
  • Attorneys wrote in the suit that Diaz, a trooper for eight years, was a rising star in the department.
    — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2022
  • The defensive back is one of the rising stars in Baltimore’s secondary.
    — Ryan Gaydos, Fox News, 15 Oct. 2023
  • Sanders, 41, is the youngest governor in the country and is seen as a rising star in the party who can speak to suburban women.
    — Olivia Rinaldi, CBS News, 6 Feb. 2024
  • And rising star Glen Powell not only plays Hudner, but produced the film.
    — Jenelle Riley, Variety, 10 Nov. 2022
  • The move ended the career of a diplomat who had leaped to the top as one of President Xi Jinping’s most trusted rising stars.
    — David Pierson, New York Times, 26 July 2023
  • The program is currently open for enrollment to find the next cohort of rising stars.
    — Ashley McDonough, Essence, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Martino was pleased with the play of Gomez, the Paraguayan rising star who starred in the pre-Olympic tournament and has drawn the attention of scouts in Europe.
    — Michelle Kaufman, Miami Herald, 14 Apr. 2024
  • Don't miss: Fred Richard, a rising star in men's artistic gymnastics from the University of Michigan.
    — Maxwell Millington, Axios, 26 July 2024
  • Perhaps nobody in the Democratic Party right now is a bigger rising star, and perhaps nobody on this list could do more to help Harris win lots of electoral votes (19) in a key state.
    — Aaron Blake, Washington Post, 23 July 2024

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