How to Use Peter Pan in a Sentence

Peter Pan

noun
  • The park has replaced the earworm with a song from Peter Pan.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 7 Mar. 2023
  • For a long time, I was used to being the girl who sings ‘Peter Pan’ to people.
    Rania Aniftos, Billboard, 24 Oct. 2024
  • My nose looks kind of pushed up like Peter Pan or something.
    Dory Jackson, Peoplemag, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Raye Zaragoza: think that the pillars of the story is still the Peter Pan that everyone knows and loves.
    Lisa Vernon Sparks, Charlotte Observer, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The ’90s are trendy again, and the millennials who lived through them the first time have a bit of a Peter Pan complex.
    Maura Judkis, Washington Post, 1 Mar. 2023
  • Barrie was a friend of the royal family and is best known as the creator of Peter Pan.
    Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Jan. 2024
  • Lyles attended church dressed as Peter Pan and climbed on the shelves at Costco.
    Sean Gregory, TIME, 27 June 2024
  • Based on the classic Peter Pan, sailors who are over 21 will find a secret whiskey bar for perhaps the best haircut of their lives.
    James Barrett, Redbook, 17 Aug. 2023
  • The ropes hoisting Peter Pan are lashed across the upper part of the set with utter disregard for the poor actor’s head.
    Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Both of their coats were long and double-breasted with Peter Pan collars.
    Carrie Wittmer, Glamour, 28 Dec. 2022
  • Like Pinocchio, Bambi and Peter Pan also have standalone films in the works.
    Alex Ritman, Variety, 17 May 2024
  • Polish it off with a Peter Pan collar attachment, some heinous blush, and a bottle of booze in your purse.
    Them, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Enter Peter Pan’s Flight, which typically has a line out the door (with a long indoor stretch).
    Dewayne Bevil, orlandosentinel.com, 28 Oct. 2021
  • Princess Charlotte, eight, looked adorable in a blue-and-white striped dress with a Peter Pan collar, a little white cardigan, and navy slide-on sneakers.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 July 2023
  • Antiquarian, winner of the Peter Pan on May 11, should go off at a long price.
    John Cherwa, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2024
  • The Peter Pan collar fans out into a pretty display with fluffy ruffles to boot.
    Alyssa Grabinski, People.com, 17 Feb. 2025
  • Charlotte, meanwhile, wore a striped dress with a Peter Pan collar, while her brother George wore a blue polo and green pants.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 14 July 2023
  • His father took him on Peter Pan’s Flight, one of the park’s original attractions.
    Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In the former, the group is saying goodbye to their childhood while dipping into the Peter Pan motifs and free falling.
    Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 4 Nov. 2024
  • In recent years, Peter Pan Seafoods posted a price in mid June, which was welcomed by fishermen.
    Jessie Sheldon, Jack Darrell, Christina McDermott, Corinne Smith, Kdlg News, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
  • While many film versions of the Peter Pan story have been made (including cult-classic Hook), none so far have managed to hit at the box office.
    Natalie Morin, refinery29.com, 8 July 2020
  • And Kelley followed that up pretty quickly with an offer to play Peter Pan.
    Sam Hurwitt, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
  • In London, the crowd assembled near a statue of Peter Pan, where handmade signs, balloons, and flowers were placed to honor Payne.
    Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2024
  • Soderbergh is amused by this quirky little subculture, but there’s also a lot of compassion for Mike, a hunky Peter Pan on the cusp of growing up.
    Tim Grierson, Vulture, 24 Jan. 2025
  • The Peter Pan ride was a favorite according to her Instagram story!
    Mackenzie Schmidt, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Here, Disney fans can live out the familiar fairy tales of their childhood aboard classic attractions, like Peter Pan’s Flight.
    Carly Caramanna, Travel + Leisure, 19 Sep. 2024
  • The closure resulted from the financial implosion of the plant’s owner, Peter Pan Seafood.
    ProPublica, 13 Feb. 2025
  • For her Vogue cover shoot, Dua traded off a ton of different hairstyles, including this sleek Peter Pan cut.
    Seventeen.com Editors, Seventeen, 28 Nov. 2022
  • For the men, the roles include various princes and kings and literary characters, like Peter Pan, Romeo and, lately, Dracula.
    Ray Mark Rinaldi, The Denver Post, 20 Jan. 2025
  • Adorned with Peter Pan and Captain Hook, the seven-day celebration is full of pixie dust, adventure, and first-of-its-kind attractions.
    Leslie D. Rose, Parents, 20 Dec. 2024

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