How to Use fan in a Sentence

fan

1 of 2 noun

• And to the fans around the world – enjoy the new season.
  — Esther Kang, Peoplemag, 1 June 2023
• The fans still come out in droves to see Manfred Mann’s Earth Band.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Sep. 2023
• It’s been decades since the era of the big-hair metal bands blew fans minds with both their sound and look.
  — Mike Rose, cleveland, 18 July 2023
• Thank you to all of his fans and friends for all their support these last few months.
  — Ashley Paige, Peoplemag, 24 June 2023
• The panels have a frit pattern, which helps shelter fans from the sun.
  — Myung J. Chun, Los Angeles Times, 4 Sep. 2023
• For a Dodgers fan, is this enough despair for one autumn?
  — Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2023
• The Sun reported that a crowd of 6,500 fans filled Homewood Field.
  — Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 13 June 2023
• The fans heeded his call, though I’m told the scene was even more chaotic on opening day.
  — Jeff Ihaza, Rolling Stone, 7 Nov. 2023
• At the time, many fans weren’t too pleased with how the show ushered its lead character out.
  — Leah Marilla Thomas, Glamour, 30 Dec. 2023
• Gomez appeared decked out in Taylor Swift tour merch, as a true fan does.
  — Alyssa Bailey, ELLE, 9 Aug. 2023
• So fans may have no choice but to wait for their Hot Girl Summer Streaming.
  — Sarah Felbin, Women's Health, 1 June 2023
• Lana Del Rey appears to be a fan of Camila Cabello‘s new music.
  — Mitchell Peters, Billboard, 23 Mar. 2024
• Petras is, above all else, a pure fan of pop music and the feeling it exudes.
  — Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 23 June 2023
• Klum, dressed in all-blue, was the body of the bird, while her group of helpers held intricate, feather-like fans to form the creature’s plumage.
  — Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 19 Nov. 2023
• The crowds at Foster’s games now included scouts as well as fans.
  — Richard Selcer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Mar. 2024
• Lee, who signed with the team last week, grew up in the Washington, D.C., area as a big Patriots fan.
  — Nicole Yang, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
• For fans like Joss and Myles, 20, this week has a special resonance.
  — Kathleen Magramo, CNN, 13 June 2023
• No fan should ever have to be involved in anything like this.
  — Jack Irvin, Peoplemag, 14 Dec. 2023
• The talk-show host ended up singing with fans for more than an hour, a rep for Clarkson told Billboard.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 23 June 2023
• Some fans may know that Rob and Sheryl first met in 1983 after being set up on a blind date.
  — Adrianna Freedman, Good Housekeeping, 30 July 2023
• All of us in the band grew up huge White Stripes fans, but that had nothing to do with this relationship.
  — Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 26 Dec. 2023
• On his left cheek, there’s an apple core, an homage to some of his die-hard fans who called themselves the Bad Apples.
  — Melinda Newman, Billboard, 1 June 2023
• Place a few weatherproof fans around your patio to keep the insects at bay.
  — Jill Gleeson, Country Living, 2 June 2023
• The theme runs from May 3 to July 6, and fans can book reservations online at OpenTable.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 5 Apr. 2024
• Both of these plot lines are familiar to Hallmark fans.
  — Haley Strack, National Review, 25 Dec. 2023
• Police were needed to direct traffic around the event as the number of fans increased through the night.
  — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 19 Aug. 2023
• But the Witcher team hopes to win back its fans with a fourth season reset and Hemsworth (the Hunger Games franchise) taking over the lead.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Jan. 2024
• Now fans must figure out what Bellflower — or Goldblum — is up to.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 5 Feb. 2024
• The Fund, the Weeknd’s partners, and fans have raised $6.5 million to date to provide relief to people with limited access to food.
  — Kalia Richardson, Rolling Stone, 29 Apr. 2024
• Conan O’Brien Must Go finds the host heading abroad to meet with and provide assistance to listeners/viewers/fans from around the world.
  — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 17 Apr. 2024

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fan

2 of 2 verb

• The batter fanned on a curveball.
• The pitcher has fanned six batters in the first three innings.
• He fanned himself with a newspaper while he waited for the bus.
• The males fan their tails and pump their air sacs up and down.
  — Phil Bourjaily, Field & Stream, 11 Jan. 2024
• Don’t run or flap your arms, as air can fan the flames and cause the fire to grow.
  — oregonlive, 2 Nov. 2021
• After he was shot in '63, Jackie fanned the flame of Camelot.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2023
• That fanned new doubts about the bank's ability to weather the storm.
  — CBS News, 16 Mar. 2023
• That fanned new doubts about the bank’s ability to weather the storm.
  — Jamey Keaten and David McHugh, BostonGlobe.com, 16 Mar. 2023
• As if to fan the trade winds, the Dolphins initially put out a depth chart that didn’t have Tua on it.
  — Dave Hyde, sun-sentinel.com, 20 Oct. 2021
• Easter is a day to fan the ashes of dead hope, a day to banish doubts and seek the slopes where the sun is rising.
  — Selena Barrientos, Good Housekeeping, 20 Feb. 2023
• Bass make their beds by fanning their tales back and forth to clean debris off the bottom.
  — Shaye Baker, Field & Stream, 6 Mar. 2024
• Since Tuesday, strong winds have fanned wildfires on Maui and the Big Island.
  — Aria Bendix, NBC News, 11 Aug. 2023
• After fanning nine in the South Coast contest, Berube was up to a total of 308.
  — Cam Kerry, BostonGlobe.com, 2 May 2023
• Baltimore has plenty of sweet spots to fan the flames of romance.
  — Amanda Yeager, Baltimore Sun, 9 Feb. 2023
• But warnings of low moisture and strong winds that could fan the flames added urgency to the battle.
  — Lindsay Whitehurst and Sara Cline, The Christian Science Monitor, 14 Sep. 2020
• Adam Duvall, on the heels of a three-strikeout game Tuesday, fanned four times Wednesday.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2023
• Not entirely honest, but you Flames sure know how to fan them.
  — Gregg Doyel, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Feb. 2022
• Many firestorms, such as the disaster in Maui in August, have been fanned by downsloping winds.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2024
• Especially when the media can fan the flames of a frenzy.
  — Tyler Coates, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2022
• Righthanded pitcher Kade Grundy pitched three scoreless innings and fanned two for his first win of the season on the mound.
  — Alexis Cubit, The Courier-Journal, 28 Feb. 2023
• The stans will seize on any opportunity to fan these flames.
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 15 Mar. 2023
• The tabloid battle is a financial boon for both bands, who fan the flames by releasing singles on the same day in 1995.
  — Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2023
• Some have accused short sellers of fanning the flames amid the banking crisis.
  — From Cnn's Alicia Wallace, Krystal Hur and Bryan Mena, CNN, 5 May 2023
• However, Mikkola fanned, and Cousins pounced, scoring from the slot.
  — Walter Villa, Miami Herald, 9 Apr. 2024
• The 3rd through 8th grade students who sang in a choir before Gov. Greg Abbott's speech fanned themselves with sheets of paper.
  — Edward McKinley, San Antonio Express-News, 13 Apr. 2023
• One of the moms at the table fanned her baby with a pocket Constitution.
  — Antonia Hitchens, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2023
• Playing on the spoiler, Parker fanned the flame by sharing some of the photos to her Instagram.
  — Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Apr. 2023
• Like the plastic blades curled around a pinwheel axle, four separate wings fan off from a central great room.
  — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 22 Aug. 2023
• Those nearby fanned her to try to cool her down before security personnel took her out of the room in a wheelchair.
  — Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press, 6 May 2024
• The widespread support by Democrats to provide aid to Ukraine has fanned the flames against Johnson by Republicans, who have a slim majority in the chamber.
  — Jeremy Childs, Rolling Stone, 20 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024