How to Use poster boy in a Sentence

poster boy

noun
  • At 40, Nelson looks like a poster boy for the Air Force.
    John Reinan, Star Tribune, 12 June 2021
  • Kupp has become the poster boy for third-round draft picks.
    Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2022
  • But his legacy is tarnished as being one of the poster boys of the steroid era.
    Drew Davison, star-telegram, 16 Feb. 2018
  • Then came what promised to be the defining moment of the poster boy's career - a home World Cup.
    SI.com, 10 Oct. 2019
  • The poster boys for pace-and-space were suddenly clunky and crowded.
    Ben Golliver, SI.com, 23 May 2018
  • Hui Ka Yan was the poster boy for behavior of that latter sort.
    Clay Chandler and grady McGregor, Fortune, 21 Sep. 2021
  • The current poster boy for this approach is Glen Powell.
    Vulture Editors, Vulture, 23 May 2024
  • To be fair, Roosevelt is not yet a poster boy for the nationalist right.
    New York Times, 27 July 2019
  • Bonino is the poster boy for San Jose’s bottom-six struggles.
    Ross McKeon, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Nov. 2021
  • With the tragic death of highly promising star-in-the-making Lil Peep last month, Pump is now the poster boy for the surging scene.
    Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 20 Dec. 2017
  • Ryan -- played by Michael Schoeffling -- kind of became a poster boy for the perfect crush among countless teens in the '80s who watched this film.
    Lisa Respers France, CNN, 31 May 2018
  • The poster boy of the 1998 national team, and scorer of two goals in the final win over Brazil, was Zinedine Zidane.
    Matias Grez, CNN, 8 June 2018
  • Expect Luka Doncic to be a poster boy for Jordan Brand for years to come.
    Sportsday Staff, Dallas News, 25 Aug. 2023
  • In 2018, the Nightcrawler star became Cartier’s first watch ambassador and the poster boy for the modern Santos.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 17 Apr. 2023
  • Foster’s words weren’t about progressive poster boy and state Sen. Daylin Leach.
    Maria Panaritis, Philly.com, 20 Dec. 2017
  • The fiddle leaf fig is the poster boy of plant-loving millennials.
    Cam Wolf, GQ, 24 Oct. 2017
  • The poster boy for their about one-week about face was Garoppolo, who was benched after halftime against the Dolphins.
    Eric Branch, SFChronicle.com, 18 Oct. 2020
  • Osbourne called out Prince Harry as the poster boy for White privilege.
    Dana Brownlee, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The acquisitions of Belinelli and Ilyasova are the poster boys for that.
    Keith Pompey, Philly.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • Nicholson is the poster boy for why Buggs got into coaching.
    Mike Hutton, chicagotribune.com, 10 Dec. 2020
  • The Danish tabloids seem keen to have the poster boy of Danish football playing for the European giant.
    SI.com, 12 Apr. 2018
  • The starring role in a drag-heavy Broadway musical may seem like an odd fit for a former emo-pop poster boy.
    Chris Martins, Billboard, 15 June 2018
  • The Orioles haven’t been their homer-happy selves this season, and first baseman Chris Davis might be the poster boy for the team’s power shortage.
    Eduardo A. Encina, baltimoresun.com, 9 May 2018
  • But, instead, because of his fame, Favre has become the poster boy for ripping off poor people in the poorest state in the country.
    Brandon Tensley, CNN, 29 Sep. 2022
  • Although Salah may be the poster boy for the Egyptian national team, their squad has a spine of impressive pedigree.
    SI.com, 9 Oct. 2017
  • That mangy Scar, with his freaky jowls and Ejiofor’s vicious vocals, is the new poster boy for brutality.
    Brian Truitt, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2019
  • Their roster is full of poster boys for good citizenship.
    Sally Jenkins, chicagotribune.com, 6 June 2018
  • The ordeal has made Better.com the poster boy for poor layoff conduct in a primarily remote world.
    Paige McGlauflin, Fortune, 2 June 2022
  • Elon Musk, who moved to Texas last year for its laxer regulations, has become a poster boy of this movement.
    Arielle Pardes, Wired, 9 Sep. 2021
  • The mug shots of two young men of color — one Black, one Latino — were splashed all over local and national media, turning them into the poster boys of suburban teen attacks.
    The Arizona Republic, 19 Feb. 2024

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