How to Use Pulitzer Prize in a Sentence
Pulitzer Prize
noun-
The results are hard to argue (see Pulitzer Prize, above).
— Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 27 Jan. 2023 -
Hannah-Jones won the Pulitzer Prize in commentary in 2020 for her work.
— Bea L. Hines, Miami Herald, 3 Feb. 2024 -
Kendrick Lamar is one of the most arguably talented rappers in the game and has a Pulitzer Prize award to show for it.
— Dominique Fluker, Essence, 6 May 2024 -
She was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Commentary in 2017.
— Peggy Noonan, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2023 -
That play was a life-changing work of art that made Cruz the first Latino winner of the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 2003.
— Christine Dolen, Miami Herald, 23 Jan. 2024 -
The paper later won a Pulitzer Prize for its reporting.
— Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 12 Jan. 2024 -
Gannaway grew close to the St. Pierres, and her images led to five stories in the newspaper and a 2008 Pulitzer Prize.
— Donny Bajohr, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2023 -
Certainly a far cry from when the two-time Pulitzer Prize winner was just happy to snag a job in a mailroom for the free supplies.
— David John Chávez, The Mercury News, 25 Jan. 2024 -
Even though it was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize, the show baffled some critics.
— Jennie Rothenberg Gritz, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Jo Becker is a reporter in the investigative unit and a four-time Pulitzer Prize winner.
— Adam Sella, New York Times, 26 May 2024 -
Miller, who eventually won a Pulitzer Prize for his series of interviews with the doomed man, found Collins’ face covered by a small piece of oilcloth.
— Eliza McGraw, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 July 2023 -
Released as a book by Scribner’s a week later, the story received widespread acclaim and won the Pulitzer Prize for fiction in 1953.
— The Arizona Republic, 2 Sep. 2024 -
The Globe became part of the story, too, with editors receiving death threats and the paper earning a Pulitzer Prize for its coverage in 1975.
— James Sullivan, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Sep. 2023 -
Her memoir about cancer and care, ‘‘The Undying,’’ won a 2020 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction.
— Cedar Sigo Anne Boyer, New York Times, 30 Mar. 2023 -
His work earned him the Pulitzer Prize for editorial cartooning in 1991.
— Sharon Coolidge, The Enquirer, 4 July 2024 -
With a Pulitzer Prize and a prize-winning personality, Ernie Pyle was the witness of warfare for 14 million people.
— David Shribman, BostonGlobe.com, 25 May 2023 -
His newspaper won a Pulitzer Prize for spot news reporting for its coverage.
— Sam Roberts, New York Times, 16 Aug. 2023 -
An unreleased song by Lamar plays at the end of the clip, its powerfully introspective lyrics a reminder of why he was granted the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 2018.
— Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 23 Jan. 2024 -
That behind-the-scenes account earned Montemurri a nomination for the Pulitzer Prize.
— Detroit Free Press, 23 Apr. 2023 -
Storke won the 1962 Pulitzer Prize for editorial writing.
— James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2023 -
Kendrick Lamar is tradition-fluent virtuoso and a Pulitzer Prize winner.
— Chris Richards, Washington Post, 4 Aug. 2023 -
The book became a classic of modern American literature and won a Pulitzer Prize a year after its release.
— Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2024 -
Marber, who’s also a playwright, read it and then got in touch with Englander, a Pulitzer Prize finalist for his short fiction, about presenting the play in London.
— Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 26 June 2024 -
Winner of the 1937 Pulitzer Prize for drama, this play is a delightful portrait of a charmingly eccentric family.
— Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 18 Feb. 2024 -
Davis is also a prolific actor, writer and singer-songwriter known for her work on stage and screen, as well as a former finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for her play Bulrusher.
— Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2024 -
His stories were key in winning a Miami Herald reporting team the Pulitzer Prize for national news coverage in 1987.
— Sarah Moreno, Miami Herald, 13 Apr. 2024 -
Rukmini Callimachi is a three-time Pulitzer Prize finalist.
— Rukmini Callimachi, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2024 -
PolitiFact is a Pulitzer Prize-winning national fact-checking website that partners with newsrooms throughout the country to do state and local fact-checking.
— Aarón Torres, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023 -
Chernov and his fellow Associated Press journalists who worked on the film have already been honored with the Pulitzer Prize for public service for their reporting.
— Katya Soldak, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2024 -
Absolutely no one was surprised when Hernan Diaz's latest novel won a Pulitzer Prize earlier this year.
— The Week Staff, The Week, 19 Aug. 2023
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