How to Use starstruck in a Sentence
starstruck
adjective- She stared at him in starstruck awe.
- I know she's famous, but try not to act starstruck when you meet her.
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Matthew even played Madden–as himself, of course–with the starstruck boys.
—Jeff Risdon, Lions Wire, 25 Dec. 2019
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Gruber has a sort of starstruck religious awe as the steel fortress swings open.
—James Hibberd, EW.com, 24 Dec. 2020
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Nick asks, but Richardson and her pals are much too starstruck to offer him any kind of reply.
—Emlyn Travis, EW.com, 24 Feb. 2023
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Late in the episode, Bill is accosted by two starstruck drunks while helping Seth, Sol, and Charlie build the store.
—Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 15 Dec. 2021
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Gargis worked the first two camps as a counselor, and was as starstruck as many of the younger participants.
—Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 2 July 2021
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Brothers in satire My awards season starstruck moment? Mel Brooks.
—Stacey Wilson Hunt, Fortune, 24 Jan. 2020
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And people seemed to be incredibly starstruck to see her in return.
—Rebecca Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 Feb. 2018
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Frank, who joined New Amsterdam in season 4, said the rest of the cast wasn't too starstruck seeing Matlin walking around on set.
—Breanne L. Heldman, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2022
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But for one starstruck 14-year-old boy, the brief interaction almost 25 years ago was life-changing.
—Lisa Fung, Los Angeles Times, 20 June 2021
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On the other end, her starstruck husband quickly banged out some vintage Rodgers guitar licks on his own rig back home.
—August Brown, latimes.com, 6 Apr. 2018
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Wearing a yellow Lego store apron, Sheeran can be seen in the video handling the store's merchandise and signing toys for starstruck fans.
—USA TODAY, 14 Aug. 2023
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Rifkin is clearly not starstruck, though he is clearly wowed by having been able to interview Ringo Starr.
—Christopher Arnott, courant.com, 25 Oct. 2021
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He was billed as a celebrity coach and interacted with starstruck young athletes.
—USA Today, 23 Dec. 2020
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One contestant even left the stoic Offerman a bit starstruck.
—Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 24 June 2021
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The pair met up backstage to pose for a photo together: Swift, ready to take the stage in her sparkly Lover bodysuit, put her arm around Ulven, who looked somewhat starstruck.
—Ashley Iasimone, Billboard, 25 June 2023
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The rapper’s lawyer, Bradford Cohen, was the first to suggest that the technician was too starstruck to keep his professionalism in order.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2023
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There were the motorcycle cops, looking important, and a fancy van to shepherd the press, and a gathering crowd that seemed half starstruck, half confused.
—Benjamin Wallace-Wells, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2020
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O’Connor, who has rubbed shoulders with Hollywood A-listers and never gets starstruck, almost chickened out.
—Tommie Ethington, Rolling Stone, 5 Nov. 2021
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During her ‘Bama jaunt, Del Rey’s left a trail of sweetly starstruck fans, autographs and fans’ selfies, smartphone videos and social media posts in her wake.
—Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 23 July 2023
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The Golden Globes rightfully takes a lot of guff for being so starstruck and so susceptible to fancy campaign tactics.
—Joe Reid, Vulture, 22 Feb. 2021
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The California native seems to have permanent traces of Presley’s southern drawl in his own speaking voice, even during a starstruck moment on the Globes stage.
—John Jurgensen, WSJ, 11 Jan. 2023
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This seems to be her current strategy: to frustrate the media’s more abject and starstruck appetites by ceding the platform to those whose struggles are otherwise erased.
—Ben Ehrenreich, The New Republic, 27 Dec. 2019
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The result, which uses assorted data as proof of Clift’s legacy, is more than the usual series of starstruck talking-head reminiscences.
—Armond White, National Review, 22 June 2022
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Even first round clubhouse leader Lydia Ko admitted to being somewhat starstruck just seeing Sorenstam do her stuff.
—Ben Morse, CNN, 26 Feb. 2021
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While Foster’s study of wormholes and her starstruck romance with Thor (Chris Hemsworth) was a solid place to start, further films didn’t allow her character to grow alongside her superhero counterpart.
—Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 July 2019
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