How to Use showgirl in a Sentence

showgirl

noun
Definition of showgirlnext
  • Cher in a bat-crazy mash-up of witchy showgirl and Halloween Big Bird.
    — CNN, 20 May 2021
  • So Jerry sent Doug Kershaw and a limo full of showgirls over to hang out.
    — Ed Masley, azcentral, 21 June 2019
  • For a showgirl seeking tips from that crowd, a good day’s haul might be $200, Dubrava said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2021
  • This [showing her phone screen] is the showgirl outfit.
    — José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 9 Aug. 2024
  • She is thought to be the first Black showgirl in one of the two touring companies of Ringling Brothers.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2021
  • To this day, every show is stuffed full of showgirls in feathers and sequins, dancing and singing.
    — Jennifer Billock, Smithsonian, 9 Dec. 2015
  • Member Danette Erickson got into the act and danced alongside one of the showgirls.
    — Joyce Rudolph, Glendale News-Press, 20 June 2017
  • Disability shames us both: the witness and the showgirl.
    — Christy Tending, Longreads, 2 Feb. 2023
  • Jackson: Rose, who got adopted and grew up in Atlantic City and became a showgirl.
    — Hilton Als, The New Yorker, 3 Apr. 2023
  • The film’s plot follows a seasoned showgirl who must plan for her future when her show closes after a 30-year run.
    — Zac Ntim, Deadline, 30 July 2024
  • To reinforce the Vegas vibe, black and white photos of The Rat Pack litter the walls, along with portraits of showgirls in various states of dress.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 31 Oct. 2019
  • Lawrence's wife, Marie, was an original partner and creator of the Taste Kittens showgirls.
    — Dave Hoekstra, Chicago Reader, 2 May 2018
  • It’s not an object or a camel or even a showgirl, surprisingly.
    — Vulture, 2 Feb. 2022
  • Also: steppers, pole dancers, a drum line, Vegas showgirls, and Keys’s football-field-size cape.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 11 Feb. 2024
  • My aunt was a top showgirl, and she was pursued a lot by different characters around town.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 26 Feb. 2022
  • Necklace-like crystals affixed to the bodice offered some showgirl shine to the ensemble.
    — Maggie Clancy, WWD, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Crazy Horse showgirls, models galore, your most fashionable friends filling out the swanky Top of the Standard?
    — Vogue, 22 Apr. 2019
  • Bloom will star as Rycroft Philostrate, a police inspector who must solve the murder of a faerie showgirl on the eponymous Carnival Row.
    — Nick Romano, PEOPLE.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • He was also flanked by women dressed like Vegas showgirls.
    — Lorraine Ali, latimes.com, 2 Apr. 2018
  • The performance was reminiscent of a Vegas show, full of showgirls (and guys) and dance numbers.
    — John Cullen, Detroit Free Press, 20 Aug. 2017
  • The stereotype of us being dancing, singing, puppet showgirls.
    — Neha Prakash, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2017
  • Not only is there a new showgirl showdown, but there are also new songs co-produced by Leland.
    — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 21 Apr. 2022
  • During the war, his cobbler parents made black-market shoes from scavenged scraps for showgirls.
    — New York Times, 11 Dec. 2019
  • But was the creator a Mexican restaurant owner who mixed up the cocktail in 1938 for showgirl Marjorie King?
    — Jenna Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Anderson plays 50-year-old showgirl Shelley who is forced to reset her life when the long-running Las Vegas show that kept her afloat for 30 years comes to a close.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 17 Sep. 2024
  • A’Whora gives us a classic nude-illusion Ziegfeld-showgirl dress.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Handmade white chocolate pineapple leaves turn each into a tiny showgirl of a pastry.
    — Amy Drew Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 3 June 2021
  • So did a woman, wondering if by chance SI needed any showgirls.
    — Alex Prewitt, SI.com, 6 Feb. 2018
  • The origin stories date to the ’30s and tend to feature a Mexican showgirl or a Texas socialite and a bartender determined to impress her.
    — Franz Lidz, Smithsonian, 27 June 2018
  • Peter’s fairy companion is a vamping showgirl full of sass.
    — Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2020

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