- present participle of star.
starring
Example Sentences
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Amazon MGM Studios’ “Verity,” starring Anne Hathaway, easily lapped “Digger,” coming in first at the domestic box office with a haul of $32.6 million.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026
Pedro Pascal learned to play the cello for his starring role in upcoming film "Behemoth!" from Oscar-winning writer-director Tony Gilroy.
From Barron's ● Oct. 4, 2026
Think of it as a cocktail mix of “Mystery Science Theater 3000” and “Drunk History” for Etsy spellcasters, starring the lovechild of Patsy Stone and Bauhaus front man Peter Murphy.
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Projects include a 30-episode reality microdrama from Mike Fleiss called “Dateable” and a short film starring Kyra Sedgwick as a comforting AI hologram.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026
“By starring in all of my commercials this holiday season. TV. Radio. Print. Billboards. Cardboard cutouts in toy stores. His or her face will be everywhere.”
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
