How to Use debutant in a Sentence

debutant

noun
  • There are four more top debutants on the new album chart.
    Paul Sexton, Billboard, 20 Sep. 2019
  • Instead, all World Cup debutants have now failed to progress to the knockout stages.
    Aimee Lewis, CNN, 19 June 2019
  • But the best player of the night might have been the Union’s other homegrown debutant, Auston Trusty.
    Jonathan Tannenwald, Philly.com, 5 Mar. 2018
  • And on Monday, even though there were four debutants in the starting 11, the hosts were never threatened.
    Brian Straus, SI.com, 28 May 2018
  • While Bengaluru was a debutant in the list, Mumbai jumped 14 places, and Chennai inched up two ranks from last year.
    Sangeeta Tanwar, Quartz India, 1 Aug. 2019
  • The PriFest in Kosovo opened up its schedule to screen full-length and short films by Ukrainian debutant directors.
    Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 June 2023
  • Not a single top-three team reached the Final Four for the first time ever; instead, the semifinals welcomed three debutant teams for first time since 1970.
    John Marshall, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2024
  • Mo Diame made a terrible error to allow Lacazette a clear run at goal, but the Frenchman's pass was skewed wide by the debutant Willock.
    SI.com, 15 Apr. 2018
  • Last year, Lamine became Barca's youngest debutant in the 21st century when making a short cameo towards the end of a spring win over Real Betis still aged 15.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024
  • Tsonga won his second point for France after defeating 22-year-old debutant Laslo Djere in straight sets on Friday to level the tie at 1-1.
    USA TODAY, 17 Sep. 2017
  • The debutant Sorensen whipped in a dangerous cross and Peter Crouch was on the end of it, towering over the defenders to divert his header into the net.
    SI.com, 13 May 2018
  • Puff sleeves mark the debutant, spangles the circus performer; there’s satin lingerie for the coquette, goddess pleats and chainmail for the latter-day flapper.
    Nicole Phelps, Vogue, 13 Feb. 2024
  • It is written and directed by feature debutant Liu Taifeng.
    Patrick Frater, Variety, 22 Oct. 2023
  • South Africa, Chile and Scotland are other debutants to exit the tournament at the group stage, but their presence in France has been to the tournament's benefit.
    Aimee Lewis, CNN, 21 June 2019
  • With that appearance on the weekend, Fati became the second-youngest ever Blaugrana debutant.
    SI.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • Still, Zagreb gave a painful lesson to Atalanta, thrashing the Italian debutant 4-0.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2019
  • Once a debutant at the age of just 16, Gomes enjoyed a promising pre-season during the summer and has been involved three times in all competitions so far this season.
    SI.com, 21 Oct. 2019
  • Grab your Gucci loafers, Burberry plaid headbands, and white elbow-length debutant ball gloves, people, because a Gossip Girl comeback might be on the cards.
    Seventeen, 21 Apr. 2017
  • Grab your Gucci loafers, Burberry plaid headbands, and white elbow-length debutant ball gloves, people, because a Gossip Girl comeback might be on the cards.
    Seventeen, 21 Apr. 2017
  • Stroll, an F1 debutant of Canadian descent, typically eats quinoa and high protein fish, like salmon or cod.
    Henry Young and Amanda Davies, CNN, 22 June 2017
  • All eyes remained focused for the duration of what amounted to a brief mini-summit of the two leaders – both elective-office debutants as well – who seemed to arrive on the NATO stage from out of the blue.
    Howard Lafranchi, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 May 2017
  • Adam Masina was also shown a straight red in stoppages for a terrible tackle on Inter debutant Lisandro Lopez.
    USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2018
  • Kerr's ability to take the stresses of leadership in her stride will be put to the test in Montpellier on Thursday against a Brazil team which put three goals past debutants Jamaica in its opening match.
    Aimee Lewis, CNN, 11 June 2019
  • Donnarumma also has six caps for Italy - after becoming the country's youngest debutant at 17-years-old - taking over the reigns from legend Gianluigi Buffon.
    SI.com, 30 May 2018
  • Directed by debutant Deeno Dennis, the film is a game thriller, a category not often explored in Indian cinema.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 3 Jan. 2024
  • World of Goo is another WiiWare debutant that made it to other platforms, though for my money the original version’s pointer controls remain definitive.
    Sam Byford, The Verge, 23 Mar. 2018
  • Literary debuts are generally terrifying for the debutant.
    Laura Kolbe, The New York Review of Books, 23 Apr. 2020

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