How to Use aficionado in a Sentence

aficionado

noun
  • The quality varies with the individual authors, but both history buffs and aficionados of literary criticism will find food for thought here.
    Publishers Weekly, 8 Jan. 2001
  • The writers were aficionados of loss, the first blues artists.
    The Week Staff, The Week, 26 Aug. 2023
  • All were chosen with the keen eye of a true aficionado.
    Carol Besler, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2022
  • At the Home Plate Hot Dog stand, the bacon mac dog is a must for hot dog aficionados.
    Georgann Yara, The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024
  • That’s good news for french fry aficionados with smartphones, as long as the fries are fresh.
    oregonlive, 10 July 2023
  • The fitness aficionado who loves to snack throughout the day.
    SELF, 21 Sep. 2021
  • But as any any beauty aficionado will tell you, healthy skin makes for the best base.
    Michella Oré, Glamour, 25 May 2021
  • Thanks to a video shared online, both art and dog aficionados could watch as the dog got his first glimpse of the portrait.
    Melissa Locker, Time, 5 Feb. 2020
  • This sleek cigar holder and flask belongs in the toe of an aficionado who’s been very good this year.
    Deborah Hornblow, courant.com, 15 Nov. 2019
  • The actress is a vintage car aficionado—and not just from afar.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 15 Apr. 2022
  • That is not the case here: Jane is a comics aficionado going back to childhood, and he’s worked on The Lycan for a decade.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 26 July 2024
  • Despite this, the mantra from EV aficionados doesn’t change.
    Neil Winton, Forbes, 13 Oct. 2024
  • If your dad is an aficionado of classic LPs, this is the perfect gift.
    Thomas Hindle, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2022
  • While not all at-home chefs (or ice cream aficionados) care about color, some do.
    Lindsay Tigar, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
  • While well-known to sports-media aficionados, Williamson may not be the top name bandied about by the average sports fan.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Burgess, a wine aficionado, would order the best bottles on the menu—a Château Pétrus ’82, say—which greatly impressed the staff.
    Molly Ringwald, The New Yorker, 12 Dec. 2022
  • This buzzy tool works to promote lymphatic drainage and de-bloat the face, meaning the skin care aficionado will be over the moon for this one.
    Jake Henry Smith, Glamour, 25 Sep. 2024
  • For Crown aficionados, this moment plays as a callback to the episode of Season 2 in which Margaret and Antony first meet.
    Emma Dibdin, Harper's BAZAAR, 23 Nov. 2019
  • On Lowe's The next time someone invites you over for a barbecue, tote this tool set along with you as a gift to the grill aficionado.
    Belle Duchene, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Catching every minute of the action is a tall order, even for the most diehard Olympics aficionado.
    Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 24 July 2024
  • The car aficionado and star of Jay Leno's Garage was working on a steam engine underneath a car in his garage when the blaze broke out.
    Vanessa Etienne, People.com, 19 Nov. 2024
  • But Meghan isn't the only aficionado of staple footwear.
    Jordan Greene, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2024
  • Though a fly aficionado, Mr. Balcombe doesn’t stint from examining the dark side of the species.
    Howard Schneider, WSJ, 28 May 2021
  • The car aficionado and star of Jay Leno's Garage was working on a steam engine underneath a car in his garage around 12:30 p.m. when the blaze broke out.
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 28 Nov. 2022
  • There’s an award-winning Tom Fazio golf course and an 18-hole putting park, ideal for golf aficionados.
    Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Sumney was not a fragrance aficionado from a very young age.
    Jennifer Weil, WWD, 1 Aug. 2024
  • Wine aficionados, like Joey Wölffer, are known to love this Main Street mainstay, too.
    Claudia Fisher, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2024
  • The flavor is smooth and rich: an excellent gift choice for the Bourbon aficionado.
    Claire Goodman, Houston Chronicle, 27 Nov. 2019
  • Its hydraulic steering was extremely communicative, responsive, and busy, relaying every crease in the tarmac at all times — to the point of requiring a firm grip and faster than average hands — just the way any driving aficionado desires.
    Peter Nelson, The Verge, 23 Dec. 2024
  • Today, Havana’s historic downtown has remained an under-the-radar day trip destination for antique aficionados from Georgia, Alabama, and north Florida since the 1980s.
    Linnea Bailey, Southern Living, 24 Dec. 2024

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