How to Use bombshell in a Sentence

bombshell

noun
  • To be clear, this was not a bombshell report linking James to Dallas.
    Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2022
  • She is almost recovered when the Christies arrive and drop a bombshell on the Frasers.
    Emma Dibdin, Town & Country, 17 Apr. 2022
  • As written, Inga didn’t call for much more than a blonde bombshell, funny-optional.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Additional bombshell recordings of Depp and Heard's arguments were shared in court.
    Jessica Wang, EW.com, 25 Apr. 2022
  • The three cable news networks all covered this bombshell Monday night, with slightly different emphases.
    Peter Weber, The Week, 2 May 2022
  • Ashleigh Lynn Chavez, who faced a year in prison in an embezzlement case, dropped a cancer bombshell on the court on the eve of her sentencing.
    Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2022
  • Clinton's campaign manager appeared on Meet the Press just a few days later, confident that this bombshell would not cost them at the ballot box.
    NBC News, 27 Oct. 2024
  • When Jennifer Faith was finally charged with murder for hire prosecutors delivered that bombshell.
    CBS News, 9 Apr. 2022
  • Where would the 2023 box office be without the bomb and the bombshell?
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 27 Dec. 2023
  • But the bombshell was that Putin is ready and willing to settle the Ukraine war.
    Ron Hart, Orange County Register, 15 Feb. 2024
  • And the Garrett twist wasn't the only major bombshell at the end of the season.
    EW.com, 9 May 2024
  • Take the lead from Margot, who’s been living her best blonde bombshell life on the set of the film.
    Alice Cary, Vogue, 29 June 2022
  • Read on for the biggest bombshells revealed on night one of Where Is Wendy Williams?
    Brianne Tracy, Peoplemag, 25 Feb. 2024
  • Few were expecting the bomb and the bombshell to save the summer box office.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 Sep. 2023
  • Well, now a new group of bombshells have entered the villa — the Olympic villa, that is.
    Carolyn Burt, Orange County Register, 26 July 2024
  • But theories abound about why the battle of the bomb versus the bombshell has turned into the film event of the year.
    Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 17 July 2023
  • Read below for some of the biggest bombshells from Brats.
    Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 12 June 2024
  • Her bombshell blond hair was pulled up into a pony, and her face was snatched, à la Patrick.
    Briannah Rivera, Seventeen, 27 Feb. 2023
  • But that wasn’t the end for Season 2 finale bombshells.
    Megan Vick, Variety, 1 Apr. 2024
  • Kylie Jenner was the most bombshell of the bunch, wearing a black dress with a high leg slit, sheer bodice, and gloves by Mugler.
    Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 8 Nov. 2022
  • The bombshell comes as the couple continue to hunt for the perfect wedding venue.
    Stephanie Wenger, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2023
  • Season 4 will pick up in the aftermath of that bombshell.
    Lauren Huff, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2023
  • While you may be drawn straight to black, don’t overlook the bombshell red or hot pink colors (there are a few more to choose from, too).
    Jill Schildhouse, Travel + Leisure, 25 Apr. 2023
  • And last week, in what was a geopolitical bombshell in the Horn of Africa, Abiy appeared to achieve his goal.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 8 Jan. 2024
  • Almost twelve hours after the bombshell leak, the White House remains silent.
    Erin Spencer Sairam, Forbes, 3 May 2022
  • The curling iron comes in two sizes to give you big bombshell curls or smaller, tight spirals.
    Nerisha Penrose, ELLE, 22 Dec. 2022
  • What is, after all, the cultural longevity of the bombshell, the femme fatale?
    Rhonda Garelick, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The flattering midi—a low neckline and an open back—is a pure bombshell look.
    Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 22 Mar. 2024
  • At the age of 31, Wong’s stepfather dropped the bombshell that Papi Wong was not her father.
    Jodi Helmer, Fortune, 13 July 2022
  • That’s quite a big bombshell, one the actor dropped on social media.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 8 Oct. 2022

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