How to Use spoiler alert in a Sentence

spoiler alert

noun
  • Oh, and spoiler alert: R2 learns how to sing by the end.
    EW.com, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The next day the verdict was read, and — spoiler alert!
    Gillian Telling, Peoplemag, 8 Apr. 2024
  • Oh, and — for those who haven’t yet watched, here’s the spoiler alert.
    Suman Naishadham, Fortune, 30 May 2023
  • But, spoiler alert, in the Netflix flick, the comet hits the Earth — and destroys it.
    Washington Post, 5 Jan. 2022
  • And there is no sure-fire crying scene here like — spoiler alert — the fate of Bing Bong in the first film.
    Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2024
  • And the real Larry was waiting at the front of the prison to take me home—which, by the way, is not a spoiler alert.
    Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, 12 June 2015
  • Oh, and plot-twist spoiler alert, Jon Snow is a dragon.
    Joseph Goodman, AL.com, 4 Nov. 2017
  • In the final episode of The Falcon and the Winter Soldier — spoiler alert!
    Devan Coggan, EW.com, 23 Apr. 2021
  • After all, spoiler alert, the Reds win their first World Series at the end!
    J. Scott Sewell, Cincinnati.com, 10 Apr. 2020
  • On last night’s episode, fans were shocked when, spoiler alert!, Bran assumed the Iron Throne.
    Christian Allaire, Vogue, 20 May 2019
  • But—and spoiler alert—the spirits dwelling here aren’t just restless.
    Lincoln Michel, GQ, 14 Oct. 2017
  • The 2001 Seattle Mariners tied the mark, but — spoiler alert — neither team won the World Series.
    Kori Rumore, chicagotribune.com, 1 Oct. 2020
  • No one else mentions Emily’s age at any point in the episode or, slight spoiler alert, the rest of the season.
    Jessica Goldstein, Vulture, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Well, obviously there was a very big event at the end of last year, which was the – spoiler alert!
    Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 27 Apr. 2022
  • And spoiler alert: The $1 East Coast oysters at Rebelle for happy hour top the list.
    Emily Spicer, ExpressNews.com, 26 June 2019
  • The opera -- spoiler alert -- does not end well for Angelotti or Tosca.
    Alexandra Svokos, ABC News, 6 Sep. 2021
  • Five is the last to land, smack dab in the middle of a nuclear doomsday, which - spoiler alert!
    Tamara Fuentes, Seventeen, 8 July 2020
  • Though not its star, (opaque spoiler alert) Wiley, as Moira, is arguably the show's hero.
    Sarah Miller, SELF, 13 Sep. 2017
  • And the pair’s feuding parents bury their beef, instead of (spoiler alert) their kids.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Aug. 2019
  • They're built to fit an 'average build' which is -- spoiler alert -- no one.
    CNN, 6 May 2022
  • There was a funeral scene in the Hacks finale where - spoiler alert!
    Jolie Lash, EW.com, 21 June 2021
  • It’s not quite the same as a spoiler alert, but describing all the stops on the journey would be a disservice.
    Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 24 July 2021
  • But—spoiler alert—the piglet and pup hit it off surprisingly well.
    Rori Kotch, Country Living, 16 July 2015
  • The ratings for House of the Dragon's season 1 finale are in and — spoiler alert — people watched it.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 24 Oct. 2022
  • The dog is a means to an end — finding and saving Rex is (spoiler alert) part of Leavey’s own journey back to mental health.
    Gary Thompson, Philly.com, 19 Jan. 2018
  • By the end of this inspiring film, that fact has (spoiler alert) been movingly put to rest.
    Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Apr. 2018
  • Hard to say, but the residents of Rosewood have for the most part kept very busy since Spencer — spoiler alert — turned out to have a secret twin.
    Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 27 Feb. 2018
  • Some decried the film's conclusion, in which — 20-year spoiler alert! — the two heroines break up.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 17 June 2022
  • The play ends with a fateful night at the (legitimate) theater — spoiler alert from 1865: Lincoln is shot!
    Christian Lewis, Variety, 12 July 2024
  • Played by the brilliant Andrew Scott with a sense of sinister reserve, Ripley doesn’t just — spoiler alert — kill people.
    Jen Chaney, Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 3 June 2024

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