starring role

Example Sentences

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He needed no introduction when Housemarque - a respected if not mainstream Finnish developer - approached him to play the starring role in their upcoming game.

From BBC • Apr. 30, 2026

In the starring role is Jaafar Jackson, the popstar's nephew.

From Barron's • Apr. 26, 2026

The accomplished Opera Philadelphia Chorus has the starring role in the 80-minute opera.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

It’s a culture she’s always longed to play a starring role in.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 15, 2026

Nancy remembered that an understudy was someone who learned a starring role in case he or she might have to be a substitute at the last minute.

From "The Cinderella Ballet Mystery: Nancy Drew and the Clue Crew, #4" by Carolyn Keene