How to Use show business in a Sentence

show business

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  • That and the show business aspect of it in which there’s a pageantry to it.
    — John Benson, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
  • Such is the world of show business in the internet age.
    — Clarence Page, chicagotribune.com, 5 Apr. 2022
  • The hardest work man in show business had the earnings to prove it.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 2 Aug. 2022
  • And he’s got like 25 years [in show business] on Amber.
    — Elizabeth Wagmeister, Variety, 16 Aug. 2023
  • His mother, who wrote books, would have liked to be in show business.
    — Maureen Dowd, New York Times, 29 Oct. 2022
  • But that doesn’t mean he has been exiled to the show business wilderness.
    — Todd Longwell, Variety, 9 May 2024
  • Bought by RKO-Pathe, the 16-minute film would help launch their show business careers.
    — Chris Koseluk, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Feb. 2023
  • Salma Hayek is perhaps one of the busiest women in show business.
    — Hannah Coates, Vogue, 9 July 2024
  • But Jinx was best known for her career in show business.
    — New York Times, 11 Jan. 2022
  • In 1991, there were few bigger names in show business than Michael J. Fox.
    — Analisa Novak, CBS News, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Of course, the home of show business topped the list for having the most filming locations.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2022
  • All this helped The Hours become a show business event on a scale few new operas can hope for.
    — Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
  • At 29 years old, Palmer has already racked up two decades in show business.
    — Yvonne Villarrealstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2022
  • The late Gene Autry also moved from show business to baseball.
    — Dan Schlossberg, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
  • The hardest working man in show business has one less gig.
    — Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 16 Feb. 2023
  • Yes, the themes of acting, and show business, and aging, and all these sorts of things like that, is throughout all three of them.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 21 Oct. 2022
  • But in 1955, with her career going well, Bryant quit show business for a time.
    — Neil Genzlinger, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Dec. 2022
  • But in 1955, with her career going well, Mr. Bryant quit show business for a time.
    — Neil Genzlinger, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Part of it is the explosion of the tech world, and those folks who haven’t been in show business before are now in show business.
    — Chris Gardner, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Aug. 2023
  • Palmer is one of the hardest-working women in show business.
    — Ebony Flake, Essence, 12 Dec. 2022
  • As he’s grown, Ben seems to have inherited the show business gene from his mom.
    — Makena Gera, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • The president of Paramount at the time told me, ‘Son, if show business is in your blood, don’t worry about it.
    — Mike Barnes, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 Dec. 2023
  • Is honored at the 70th Primetime Emmy Awards for her more than 80 years in show business.
    — Fernando Alfonso Iii, CNN, 31 Dec. 2021
  • Andrew, in some ways, Jonathan Larson and Jim Bakker are both trying to make it in show business.
    — Michael Ordoña Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2021
  • Kevin Hart The comedic actor isn’t called the hardest working man in show business for nothing.
    — Jasmine Browley, Essence, 7 June 2024
  • His agent called him afterward and told him that he was finished in show business.
    — Daniel E. Slotnik, New York Times, 7 June 2023
  • The man’s been in show business for six decades and, somehow, the passage of time doesn’t seem to affect those signature pipes.
    — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 25 Aug. 2022
  • How has your career in show business prepared you for a role like mayor?
    — Fox News, 2 Aug. 2022
  • The comedy legend looks back at his life in show business.
    — The California Independent Booksellers Alliance, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2022
  • That is, the world is a gullible circus, dragged down by poseurs who appropriate the false values of show business.
    — Washington Post, 3 Mar. 2022

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