How to Use marquee in a Sentence

marquee

1 of 2 noun
Definition of marqueenext
Synonyms for marqueenext
  • She dreamed of seeing her name on the theater marquee.
  • The deal will bring marquee live sports events to the network for the first time.
    — Sasha Richie, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2023
  • The names looked great on the marquee, but a forgettable show has reached the end of its run.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Melville won the last two women’s 35K races, while Christie did likewise for men in what was then the marquee race of the event.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2024
  • The only names driving anybody to buy tickets are the two that need to be on the marquee.
    — Mark Hughes, Forbes, 25 Feb. 2024
  • As the pop superstar posed for cameras in front of the AMC marquee with her tour dancers, fans screamed with glee.
    — Thania Garcia, Variety, 12 Oct. 2023
  • Right now, all but one of the marquee contenders is due to take the stage at a Des Moines convention center.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 12 July 2023
  • In the VMAs’ first six years, just two women had even been nominated for the marquee award.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 26 July 2023
  • The Person of the Year ceremony is one of the marquee events during Grammy Week.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 19 Oct. 2023
  • Lottery luck would elude the Knicks and so would the marquee free agents, ensuring that the Knicks could never win for losing.
    — Brian Mahoney, ajc, 28 Apr. 2023
  • Manilow is emphatic that he was never supposed to be the marquee draw.
    — Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Jan. 2024
  • Almost all of us were from theater backgrounds and yet Amblin had the bravery not to need a marquee name.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 12 Aug. 2023
  • She has been heavily involved in the network’s dealings with marquee events such as the Super Bowl and the Olympic Games.
    — Tiffany Hsu, New York Times, 11 May 2023
  • This has posed issues for filmmakers and talent who are used to a major spot on the marquee.
    — Pamela McClintock, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Apr. 2023
  • In Salinas, it’s meant high school athletes lost a marquee platform.
    — oregonlive, 31 Mar. 2023
  • Though the next match is a month away, the team has created a marquee to mimic the conditions of a summer’s day for training.
    — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But with any changes the league might make, the only way the narrative changes is in winning marquee games outside the conference.
    — C.l. Brown, The Courier-Journal, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Most marquee free agents agree to deals within the first hours — or at least days — of the new league year, but Irving said all talk about his plans is premature.
    — Callie Caplan, Dallas News, 24 May 2023
  • Now it’s suddenly become: Did the Mountain West just kick out its marquee school?
    — Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 June 2023
  • From marquee mainstream rappers to British crossovers, there’s a whole lot of material to sort through.
    — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 2 Oct. 2023
  • At 71, Bush continues to roam coast-to-coast as a longtime marquee act on the festival circuit.
    — Garret K. Woodward, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2023
  • The tidy ending put a neat bow on what not long ago would have been unfathomable — the N.F.L. putting its marquee event in the country’s gambling capital.
    — Billy Witz, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2024
  • The theater has been raised 30 feet in the air, to make space for retail on the ground and lower floors, as well as refurbished with a new lobby, marquee and backstage area.
    — Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
  • Its marquee events are based in Great Britain, Italy and other European countries.
    — Richard Morin, USA TODAY, 4 May 2023
  • Many tether their marquee proposals to the state budget process that begins and ends with the governor.
    — Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2023
  • Cook was also one of the marquee names on last year’s list of participants, which was the first time the event was held in-person after three years of Covid isolation.
    — Bloomberg, Fortune, 24 Mar. 2024
  • While Lassen may not have a marquee name, the California gem has been a national park for over a century.
    — Rachel Chang, Travel + Leisure, 5 Feb. 2024
  • The Bengals will host two marquee games at Paycor Stadium this season.
    — The Enquirer, 12 May 2023
  • The judge imposed a punishment that could strip Trump of some marquee properties, though an appeals court is keeping them in his control for now.
    — Michael R. Sisak, Fortune, 13 Nov. 2023
  • Before Russia invaded Ukraine, Netrebko had been one of the Met’s marquee names.
    — Shera Avi-Yonah, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2023
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marquee

2 of 2 adjective
  • The World Cup is, of course, the sport’s marquee event and grandest showcase.
    — Jody Rosen, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2022
  • The Jaguars have only played four teams above .500 and lack a true marquee win.
    — Theo MacKie, The Arizona Republic, 4 Jan. 2022
  • The marquee matchup of the night will go down in Brooklyn, where the Nets will play host to the Milwaukee Bucks.
    — Xl Media, cleveland, 31 Mar. 2022
  • The marquee names in that group were Quentin Grimes and Devon Dotson.
    — John Marshall, orlandosentinel.com, 4 Apr. 2022
  • The marquee races at the top of the ticket, the races for a U.S. Senate seat and the governor’s chair, remained too close to call.
    — Richard Ruelas, The Arizona Republic, 9 Nov. 2022
  • It has been replaced for the next three days by a sign paying tribute to the marquee NFL event.
    — Josh Peter, USA TODAY, 28 Apr. 2022
  • The marquee entrances at the front and back of Trader Joe's are a nod to the Alabama Theatre.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 21 Sep. 2022
  • The first two quarters lived up to the marquee billing between the top two teams in the Eastern Conference.
    — Meghan Montemurro, chicagotribune.com, 13 Jan. 2022
  • The marquee contest here in Georgia could well head to a runoff, with Democrats holding a small edge.
    — Jess Bidgood, BostonGlobe.com, 9 Nov. 2022
  • This is the same story at many of the other marquee national parks.
    — Forrest Brown, CNN, 22 Mar. 2022
  • That won’t be the only marquee fight on tap for this card, however.
    — oregonlive, 5 Mar. 2022
  • The marquee headline is there are no cars and there’s barely any cell service.
    — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 3 June 2022
  • One of the marquee events of each Winter Olympics comes on the first weekend of competition.
    — Mark Osborne, ABC News, 5 Feb. 2022
  • The day's marquee matchup features the NBA's two best teams with the league's two best defenses and a pair of top 10 offenses.
    — Matt Eppers, USA TODAY, 25 Dec. 2021
  • Restaurants like Panera Bread put an ‘X’ over the 'm' in Michigan on its marquee sign out front.
    — Detroit Free Press, 25 Nov. 2022
  • Their efforts would have been enough to notch a marquee victory.
    — Ryan Black, The Courier-Journal, 29 Jan. 2023
  • Arizona is home to two of the marquee races this cycle, and the spate of developments Monday helped show why.
    — Ben Kamisar, NBC News, 12 July 2022
  • White claims Paul needs to fight a marquee MMA fighter because his pay-per-views are tanking.
    — Anthony Stitt, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2022
  • The Wildcats hope to take full advantage of a marquee SEC matchup on their home court and add a big win to its growing résumé.
    — Reina Kempt, The Courier-Journal, 12 Feb. 2022
  • If your visit doesn’t line up with these marquee events, there are plenty of more casual races in the area throughout the year.
    — Molly Hanson, Outside Online, 8 Feb. 2022
  • The court’s decision has cast a polarizing shadow over one of the marquee events of the Winter Games.
    — Dave Skretta, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Feb. 2022
  • The court’s decision cast a polarizing shadow over one of the marquee events of the Winter Games.
    — Dave Skretta, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Feb. 2022
  • For the second straight year, the Tigers lost their marquee nonconference matchup with the Nittany Lions.
    — Tom Green | [email protected], al, 18 Sep. 2022
  • In the Orioles rookie’s first marquee moment in the major leagues, that helmet gave way to his blonde locks, either by the sheer force of his swing or the speed of his legs.
    — Andy Kostka, Baltimore Sun, 14 Sep. 2022
  • Before last week, the Tar Heels had no real marquee wins, but also no bad losses.
    — John Marshall, ajc, 21 Feb. 2022
  • Each day seems to bring a new tech giant scaling back on hiring (this week’s marquee name: Intel).
    — Jacob Carpenter, Fortune, 10 June 2022
  • Add-ons are available to rent to dress up this clean slate of a place, such as large marquee numbers or letters, a flower wall and a peacock chair.
    — Brianna Griff, Chron, 22 Dec. 2022
  • Those marquee events are going to set fans back with high costs, but there will be other events fans with tighter budgets will be able to attend.
    — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 9 Aug. 2022
  • The rivalry between the Chargers and Chiefs has become a marquee showdown over the past two years because of the presence of Herbert.
    — Jeff Miller, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • In the marquee contests, Kansas survived a tense atmosphere at Kentucky to snap a three-game skid, and Tennessee turned in a top-five caliber performance on its home floor in a wire-to-wire triumph against Texas.
    — Eddie Timanus, USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2023

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