How to Use raconteur in a Sentence

raconteur

noun
Definition of raconteurnext
  • In the end, Marsalis emerges as a musical raconteur of the best sort.
    — Peter Dobrin, Philly.com, 3 Nov. 2017
  • Over the course of 10 rootsy rock & roll songs, the music, words and singing wink, groove and raconteur.
    — Matt Wake | [email protected], al, 7 July 2022
  • Tony was a gifted raconteur known for his quick wit and sense of humor.
    — courant.com, 7 June 2019
  • In her day, Newton had been a splendid raconteur, with friends like Shirley Chisholm.
    — Michael Schulman, The New Yorker, 27 Mar. 2017
  • A beloved raconteur and local philanthropist known as Mr. Palm Springs, Haber died last year at the age of 80.
    — Diana Marcum, latimes.com, 21 May 2017
  • Cruise plays Barry as an aw-shucks raconteur, and the routine is amusing at first.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 28 Sep. 2017
  • The Moth’s closest friend, The Darter, an ex-boxer, is a smuggler and raconteur who takes Nathaniel under his wing.
    — Andrew Lanham, The New Republic, 8 June 2018
  • The British raconteur opened his goldmine of stories for the audience.
    — Lars Brandle, Billboard, 11 Sep. 2017
  • Brinegar is known as a raconteur — the gal everyone wants to sit with at social events.
    — Dallas News, 19 Jan. 2023
  • He also became known as a one-of-a-kind character and raconteur.
    — Peter Applebome, BostonGlobe.com, 30 May 2022
  • Mank is the story of Herman J. Mankiewicz, renowned screenwriter, raconteur, and drunk.
    — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 4 Dec. 2020
  • The great Southern writer and raconteur died earlier this year, but her love for the holidays, like her life, was over-the-top.
    — Sid Evans, Southern Living, 16 Nov. 2020
  • Yet, despite a healthy ego and a raconteur’s élan, after Lasseter’s callout—and some laughter in the room—Smith stayed in his seat and said nothing.
    — Steven Levy, Wired, 31 Aug. 2021
  • The artists who made them have been reduced here, in what may be this show’s only true insult, into mere raconteurs of women’s lives.
    — Jason Farago, New York Times, 1 June 2023
  • Like any great raconteur, he’s mastered the beats, rhythms, cadences and pauses that go into any good story.
    — Jason Newman, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2022
  • This campy musical provides a reflection on the life of Irish raconteur Wilde.
    — Matthew J. Palm, orlandosentinel.com, 30 May 2021
  • Todd is a raconteur who, with his therapist (Tracy Thoms), has mastered camp irony.
    — Armond White, National Review, 28 Feb. 2020
  • That’s my great teacher Bobby Lewis, who was a member of the Group Theatre in the ’30s and was a magnificent, funny, great raconteur.
    — Thr Staff, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Aug. 2022
  • The raconteur buddies starting calling themselves The Moths.
    — Matt Wake, AL.com, 18 Aug. 2017
  • Light skinned with reddish hair, Mr. Franklin was a raconteur who relished being the center of attention.
    — Corey Kilgannon, New York Times, 25 June 2019
  • Casas, who performed as Dianne de Las Casas, brought her skills as a raconteur to libraries and conferences across the country and beyond.
    — Laura McKnight, NOLA.com, 23 Aug. 2017
  • Baseball is a funny game, said Joe Garagiola, the old catcher and raconteur who died last month.
    — Tyler Kepner, New York Times, 5 Apr. 2016
  • The third is the densest, casting Jeffrey Wright as a James Baldwin–like raconteur whose profile of a chef sparks a war in the criminal underworld.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 22 Oct. 2021
  • Harry Crews, the Bacon County native and Dionysian raconteur.
    — Atlanta Life, ajc, 2 June 2017
  • Mark was brilliant, funny, a raconteur with a million stories.
    — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 4 Aug. 2023
  • The Hollywood Reporter sat down with the raconteur to look back at the show's history and lasting impact as Laugh-In celebrates 50 years.
    — Marc Freeman, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2018
  • His reputation as a YouTube raconteur has opened the door to bigger projects and greater financial reward.
    — Andrew Burton, Rolling Stone, 9 Nov. 2022
  • With a raconteur’s rhythm, Manenzhe, a South African villager and storyteller, brings to life a painful piece of history, enriched with myths and lore.
    — Becky Meloan, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2022
  • On her first two records, the Quebecois folk singer wrapped her low, steely purr around diverse material—from the sardonic light verse of raconteur Dorothy Parker to her own lyrics about the birth of her daughter.
    — Reed Jackson, SPIN, 16 May 2024
  • In private, Mayorkas—who is short, fit, and bald, with bushy eyebrows and a cadet’s ramrod posture—is ironic, sharp-witted, and charismatic, a raconteur who leaps out of his seat to exaggerate a detail or deliver a punch line.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, The New Yorker, 17 Feb. 2024

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