How to Use socialite in a Sentence

socialite

noun
  • The socialite shared a snap of the two ladies in a kitchen together.
    Angel Saunders, Peoplemag, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The wealthy socialite was found dead in the basement of her villa on the Côte d’Azur.
    New York Times, 20 Nov. 2021
  • In the beginning, there was a wealthy socialite who dressed up like a bat to solve crimes.
    Oliver Sava, EW.com, 8 Mar. 2022
  • The former socialites are best known for their 2000s show The Simple Life.
    Lia Beck, Peoplemag, 15 May 2024
  • Turns out, the socialite is the great-grandmother of Queen Camilla.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 10 May 2023
  • The pair is reported to have split in the 1990s, although the socialite remained close to him.
    Lauren Del Valle and Steve Almasy, CNN, 30 Nov. 2021
  • If convicted, the British socialite could face up to 35 years in prison.
    Mola Lenghi, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2020
  • Gautreau was a socialite in her day, but Madame X doesn’t get around much anymore.
    Chadd Scott, Forbes, 27 Nov. 2023
  • And there was a story of a socialite in the '60s, Lilly Pulitzer, who shocked the town by marrying a Cuban man.
    Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 8 May 2024
  • The socialite tends to stick to lengthy and straight or slightly wavy styles, usually in brown or blonde hues.
    Gabi Thorne, Allure, 16 Aug. 2021
  • Maxwell, a 59-year-old British socialite, has pleaded not guilty to all six charges against her.
    NBC News, 7 Dec. 2021
  • The socialite shared videos and pictures of her look on Instagram.
    Renan Botelho, WWD, 12 July 2024
  • The 2018 bestselling dark comedy about a wealthy New York socialite and her adult son who flee to Paris is a must-read.
    BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2021
  • Instead, all of the names belonged to long-dead Palm Beach socialites … but the photos were Maxine.
    Tom Smyth, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2024
  • White House aides shuttled interns, movie stars, and Washington socialites in the White House front door and out the back in time for the next one.
    Nina Burleigh, The New Republic, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the Batman.
    Denise Petski, Deadline, 26 June 2024
  • Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human—the Batman.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2024
  • Forged in the fire of tragedy, wealthy socialite Bruce Wayne becomes something both more and less than human — the Batman.
    James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 June 2024
  • The socialite also covered the brand’s magazine in June.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 26 Sep. 2022
  • Things get even better when one of them is mistaken for a British socialite.
    Stacey Grant, Seventeen, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Even the word socialite is probably vile to someone like Frances.
    Lindsey Bahr, Star Tribune, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The British socialite's attorneys are expected to make their case that Maxwell isn't the one to blame.
    Fox News, 17 Dec. 2021
  • But people also have a lot of questions about this NYC socialite.
    Jacqueline Tempera, Women's Health, 3 Aug. 2023
  • Ghislaine Maxwell, the British socialite who is thought to have introduced Epstein to the prince.
    Carlie Porterfield, Forbes, 15 Sep. 2021
  • The 25-year-old model and socialite had her abs on display for the evening, sporting a halter-neck Michael Kors gown.
    Kiana Murden, Vogue, 16 June 2022
  • Instead, the socialite carved out a public role for herself in a style more akin to American first ladies.
    Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 11 July 2022
  • When the socialites, who are the target of a high-profile kidnapping ring, refuse to go through with the trip, the brothers disguise themselves as the pair to flush out the crooks.
    Andrew Walsh, EW.com, 29 Feb. 2024
  • The hearing is being held to determine whether the socialite should stand trial in the deaths of Jacob and Mark Iskander, ages 8 and 11.
    Justin Raystaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2022
  • He's hired by a wealthy socialite (Shailene Woodley) to look into the shady death of her brother-in-law and runs afoul of their powerful family.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 27 Sep. 2024
  • Context: Gray, 80, previously lived in the home of a Georgetown socialite, Jacqueline Quillen.
    Cuneyt Dil, Axios, 2 Oct. 2024

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