How to Use drag queen in a Sentence

drag queen

noun

• My mother was soft-spoken around him but funny and mean—like a drag queen—with me.
  — Karla Cornejo Villavicencio, The New Yorker, 18 Jan. 2021
• Until, that is, a drag queen sneaks into the party and tips a bucket of blood over her head from on high.
  — Liam Hess, Vogue, 18 Oct. 2024
• Olivia Dreams Olivia Dreams is an up-and-coming drag queen on the Wellington scene.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 9 Oct. 2024
• Earlier Tuesday, a pickup truck with a Trump flag swerved at a drag queen walking across the street.
  — Molly Hennessy-Fiske Houston Bureau Chief, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2020
• But despite a penchant for lip-syncing to Missy Elliott, Tenderoni isn’t a drag queen.
  — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
• All Stars and introduced drag queen singing competition Queen of the Universe.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• Based on the West End hit, the upcoming musical follows a teen from small-town England with dreams of becoming a drag queen.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2020
• Some of the top-level performers are paid by venues — which is why bar closures were so difficult — but audience tips make up a significant piece of a drag queen’s income.
  — Dallas News, 3 Jan. 2021
• Lauper also composed the music and lyrics for the Broadway musical Kinky Boots, in which one of the lead characters is a drag queen.
  — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 11 Nov. 2020
• Sign up for the High Heel Dash and try to race a drag queen.
  — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 1 June 2021
• On the karaoke stage, a drag queen lamented the shootings.
  — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 15 Dec. 2022
• Why is that still the aesthetic of a type of drag queen?
  — Kathryn Vanarendonk, Vulture, 1 Aug. 2023
• Anyone with half a brain knows not to f–k with a drag queen.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2023
• Despite the bomb threat at the Louisville event, the drag queen story time went ahead as planned.
  — Will Carless, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2023
• In June, Rossi booked one of her friends and idols, drag queen Peaches Christ.
  — oregonlive, 3 Aug. 2022
• She was supposed to perform in three hours, and the drag queen still wasn’t sure what to do.
  — Danielle Paquette, Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2022
• The drag queen had a finger wave in her hair and a tuba on her lap.
  — Mandy McLaren, The Courier-Journal, 8 June 2022
• And there was no such thing as a drag queen who’d never set foot in a drag bar.
  — Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• This was the case with Lady Blanca, a drag queen in San Diego.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Apr. 2021
• Why the sudden push in the house to ban drag queens from library story hours?
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 19 July 2023
• Later, a squadron of go-go boys ceded the stage to the drag queen Trinity the Tuck.
  — New York Times, 10 June 2022
• In high school, his best friend was a football player and drag queen.
  — Washington Post, 24 Sep. 2021
• There were moments that some of the moms were on all fours on their chairs and drag queens were spanking them.
  — Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 28 Sep. 2023
• There are the drag queen shows with children, and there's pushback on us for wanting to stop that.
  — Elizabeth Heckman, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022
• Pro tip: Look for the portraits of queens in the decor selection, from Queen Charlotte to a drag queen.
  — Katie Toussaint, Charlotte Observer, 31 Jan. 2024
• There’s a drag queen in San Francisco named Peaches Christ who’s a big fan of the movie.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 27 Apr. 2022
• Now Toto is a full-time drag queen and DJ based in Chicago.
  — Brian Owens, Scientific American, 18 Oct. 2023
• While talking to the judges, Banks praised Shangela for her commitment to the doll look, which prompted the drag queen to pitch the host on the idea.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Nov. 2022
• There's at least one thing that does impress Shania Twain much — and that's drag queens!
  — Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 23 Feb. 2023
• In May 2022, an Indiana high school crowned a drag queen as prom king.
  — Jay Valle, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 10 Dec 2024