How to Use chanteuse in a Sentence

chanteuse

noun
  • The chanteuse's megawatt smile captured the hearts of many during her short time with us.
    Katarina Avendano, Good Housekeeping, 12 May 2022
  • All the while, the grainy soundtrack of the soulful Korean chanteuse fills the night air.
    Anne Anlin Cheng, The Atlantic, 19 Feb. 2021
  • The famed actress makes her world debut as a cabaret chanteuse.
    John Timpane, Philly.com, 6 Sep. 2017
  • Sugar is the group’s chanteuse; Monroe is the film’s tremulous heart and soul.
    The New York Times Brooks Barnes, New York Times, 7 Mar. 2024
  • There’s a reason Samantha Jones is a PR tour de force and not a chanteuse.
    Halle Kiefer, Vulture, 31 Jan. 2021
  • The charming chanteuse that evening was Jennifer Weiss.
    Jane Napier Neely, latimes.com, 12 June 2018
  • Hear this chanteuse's syrupy pipes at the Promontory (5311 S. Lake Park).
    Steve Heisler, Chicago Reader, 10 July 2017
  • So fans hoping to see the pop chanteuse will have to travel to one of the dates below to see her perform.
    Tim Chan, Rolling Stone, 23 Aug. 2023
  • Allure caught up with the elusive chanteuse herself in the video above for a quick round-up of some of Mariah’s firsts.
    Shanelle Drakeford, Allure, 7 May 2018
  • Dressed in a black tulle gown, the iconic chanteuse arrived on the scene in dramatic fashion, with the wind blowing in her out-of-this-world hair.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 29 Apr. 2019
  • At the sight of a sequined Warwick, the stunned audience stood and showered the iconic chanteuse with applause.
    Ian Malone, Vogue, 19 Oct. 2021
  • A Greek pop chanteuse stands center stage, singing a dramatic melody as a pair of bare-chested men dance and stomp in a large puddle.
    William Lee Adams, Billboard, 8 June 2017
  • And if that weren’t enough, the elusive chanteuse got another extra-special Christmas gift this year in the form of the song hitting No.
    Mary Sollosi, EW.com, 23 Dec. 2019
  • The hard-living chanteuse has been reincarnated on stage in honor of the 50th anniversary of the Summer of Love.
    Karen D'souza, The Mercury News, 15 June 2017
  • Today, the series continues with the arrival in 1956 of French Quarter chanteuse Chris Owens.
    Mike Scott, NOLA.com, 5 Nov. 2017
  • Tryon erected a statue of the hometown chanteuse downtown on South Trade Street, lined with art and craft galleries.
    Andrew Nelson, WSJ, 19 May 2022
  • And then, of course, there is Sally, the nightclub’s chanteuse of the moment, so indelibly portrayed in the 1972 movie by Liza Minnelli.
    Daryl H. Miller, latimes.com, 15 June 2018
  • From goth metal banshee siren to pop jazz chanteuse to blues singer, big-voiced Stevens is a master of reinvention and surprise.
    Hector Saldana, ExpressNews.com, 25 Oct. 2019
  • The two negotiate their grief together as Sam is in love with a 10-year-old chanteuse named — heavy sigh — Joanna.
    Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 21 Nov. 2023
  • An aspiring chanteuse, Angel has been dumped by her boyfriend and has found enough alcohol to drown her sorrows — and then some.
    Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Nico, not so much rock singer as chanteuse (no other word will do), made Marianne Faithfull sound like Janis Joplin.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Oct. 2021
  • However, rather than sharing a typical visual, the alt-pop chanteuse uses the nearly 11-minute clip to take her fans behind-the scenes right in the midst of the action.
    Glenn Rowley, Billboard, 10 May 2023
  • In a video shared on X (formerly Twitter), ghouls and pumpkin heads are seen hard at work with hair dryers in an attempt to melt the ice encasing the chanteuse.
    Shania Russell, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But in the end, Chu chose a Broadway chanteuse and a pop star to anchor his musical extravaganza.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 5 Jan. 2023
  • But in the end, Chu chose a Broadway chanteuse and a pop star to anchor his musical extravaganza.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Jazz chanteuse Toscanellie Marcelain, also known as Lady T, will perform with her jazz trio.
    Grace Wong, chicagotribune.com, 15 Mar. 2018
  • But, even for us die-hard self-manicurists, the at-home pedicure remains an elusive chanteuse of DIY beauty treatments.
    Karina Hoshikawa, refinery29.com, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Robin Pluer, the festival's all-but-official chanteuse, sings at 7 p.m. Thursday and 1:30 p.m. Sunday.
    Jim Higgins, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 8 July 2019
  • Junebug first appears in the third act, a chanteuse barreling down the backroads of Kentucky on a motorcycle.
    Laura Hudson, Wired, 29 Jan. 2020
  • The club’s British chanteuse Sally Bowles, written to be a lousy singer, is instead a Black woman who’s career has been hampered not by her talent but her skin color.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2023

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