How to Use majorette in a Sentence

majorette

noun
  • The first majorette to march in front of the school band.
    Eliza MacKintosh, CNN, 28 May 2020
  • Brides and majorettes are allowed to wear white shoes or boots all year, and the widow wears black.
    Leslie Anne Tarabella, al, 11 Sep. 2019
  • There’s even footage of a Tuskegee football game complete with band and majorettes.
    Ellen McGirt, Fortune, 15 June 2018
  • At the desk would be someone Suzanne held in total awe: the owner’s daughter, a beautiful redhead who was a majorette in the band.
    John Kelly, Washington Post, 5 Sep. 2022
  • Some little boys can be seen laughing and swinging around each other, while the little girls in red majorette-style outfits in the front appear frozen still.
    Anna Fifield, The Seattle Times, 4 Sep. 2018
  • The crowd stopped and took pictures and photos of the band and majorettes dressed in red and white, performing a music and dance number in effortless formation.
    Ashley Lyle, Billboard, 20 May 2018
  • These dancelines developed out of the drum majorette tradition.
    Zack Arias, Smithsonian, 2 May 2017
  • The ensemble, known for its success in hip-hop majorette competitions, is on its latest national tour.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2018
  • Hadiya, a majorette, had performed just days before at festivities for his second inauguration.
    Madeline Buckley, chicagotribune.com, 20 July 2021
  • Beyonce performed at the 2018 edition of Coachella with a marching band and majorettes in celebration of historically black colleges and universities.
    David Lindquist, Indianapolis Star, 20 Dec. 2019

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