How to Use the toast of in a Sentence

the toast of

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  • The Braves, at their best, were the toast of the league.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
  • The Braves, at their best, were the toast of the league.
    Jr Radcliffe, Journal Sentinel, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Voting rights advocates made the Texas Democrats the toast of the town.
    Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2021
  • The Chairman is taking the Fed into uncharted waters, and the toast of the town one day can become the scapegoat the next.
    The Editorial Board, WSJ, 7 Oct. 2020
  • His cricket future remains up in the air, but Hobson sure will be the toast of the office on his first day back at work.
    Tristan Lavalette, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • A week later, Hrusovsky was again the toast of the ballpark after a Gonzalez walk-off hit beat the Yankees.
    Joe Noga, cleveland, 20 Jan. 2023
  • Mulkey, well known for her glitzy outfits and Hall of Famer career, is once again the toast of Louisiana.
    Greg Riddle, Dallas News, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Gosling, who was flanked by Robbie, was the toast of the show, introducing the term Ken-ergy that has become a buzzword.
    Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
  • Coco Gauff is the toast of tennis — and Delray Beach, Florida!
    Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Riseborough plays Leslie, who, once upon a time, was the toast of the town after winning a lottery jackpot.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 2 Feb. 2023
  • This year’s Jazz are the toast of the NBA right now, having earned an incredible 6-3 record despite a pretty tough schedule.
    Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Despite his lack of nomination, Messi, whose character in the film was named Snoop, has been the toast of awards season.
    Victoria Edel, Peoplemag, 11 Mar. 2024
  • That’s intimidating company, but based on the reviews out of London, where this West End production was the toast of the town, Scherzinger nailed it.
    Brent Lang, Variety, 4 Jan. 2024
  • In Davos — where China’s rise has so often been the toast of the town, celebrated by admiring politicians and financiers — Beijing seemed almost the sick man of the global economy.
    Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Sanders was the toast of college football after his incredible roster flip — 68 new scholarship players on the roster — was on full display.
    Joe Morgan, Fox News, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Chip companies were the toast of the U.S. stock market in 2023, largely driven by demand for technologies to enhance their AI capabilities.
    Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 21 Jan. 2024
  • In the early 2000s, Beyoncé was the toast of the Grammys, when Destiny’s Child and her early solo work began regularly earning trophies.
    Vulture, 3 Feb. 2023
  • The beating and his drinking hastened his decline, leaving the chiseled champ who was once the toast of the gay clubs now living in a cluttered efficiency apartment on Long Island with his trophies and championship belts in storage bags.
    Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2023

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