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How to use actress in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun

Actress means a female who performs on the stage or in films. Example: “The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.”

Examples of actress by meaning

nounA female who performs on the stage or in films.

  • "I'm an actress -- actor, as we have to say these days."2010, Peter Corris, Torn Apart, Allen and Unwin, page 88
  • Court documents appear to show that Ian Edmondson, a senior News of the World journalist, had authorised Mr Mulcaire to hack phones belonging to Sienna Miller, an actress.2011 January 27, “Not going quietly”, in The Economist

More sentences with actress

  • The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.From the entry inflect
  • The audience loudly clapped the actress, who responded with a deep curtsey.From the entry clap
  • She became a celebrated actress, but never won any major awards.From the entry celebrated
  • Heavens, that's a big one – as the actress said to the bishop.From the entry as the actress said to the bishop
  • The aging actress played the role she played in her youth, as if to reprise it.From the entry reprise
  • She’s an actress by trade, but has been known to dabble in poetry.From the entry dabble
  • Theda Bara, born Theodosia Burr Goodman, was one of the most popular actresses of the silent-film era.From the entry Theodosia
  • The actress used to model before being discovered by Hollywood.From the entry model
  • The actress was widely trolled online after accidentally revealing that she didn't know the names of the continents.From the entry troll
  • She shows great promise as an actress.From the entry promise
  • The role in the soap opera was the kiss of death for Ann's career as a theatrical actress.From the entry kiss of death
  • The actress carried off a difficult performance with dash.From the entry carry off
  • The actress gave him a teasing glance before walking away.From the entry teasing
  • The actress gazed lovingly at her newfound plauditors.From the entry plauditor
  • The actress bared her soul in the candid interview.From the entry bare one's soul
  • The actress gave a stellar performance.From the entry stellar
  • We thought the entry point for the eye in this ad would be the actress’ face, but it was actually her legs.From the entry entry point for the eye
  • Young adult actress Annie Jay wrote a book called Stars in Your Eyes, Feet on the Ground giving career advice for young adult actors.From the entry young adult
  • American Eagle released a campaign starring the exceedingly charismatic actress Sydney Sweeney.2025 August 2, Scottie Andrew, Leah Asmelash, Harmeet Kaur, “What has America learned from the Sydney Sweeney situation? We asked the…. From the entry Sydney
  • Two, you're sitting here having drinksies with a famous actress and you didn't call me.2015, Susannah Hardy, Olive and Let Die. From the entry drinksie
  • Miss Catley adored the English language, poetry and plays; I think she was an ‘actress manquée’.2013, June Brown, chapter 14, in Before the Year Dot, London: Simon & Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry manquée
  • DeMille never asked his actresses to pose for purposeless leg art.2013, Brett Kiser, The Pin-Up Girls of World War II. From the entry leg art
  • Producers have the power to say "when" when the actress involved is too stressed to continue.2011, Fritz Allhoff, Dave Monroe, Porn - Philosophy for Everyone: How to Think With Kink. From the entry when
  • She's made some bad flicks but she's a solid actress when you put her in something decent.2011 January 19, @DieRobinsonDie, Twitter, archived from the original on 28 Jun 2025. From the entry Hathahate
  • I'm a character actress and a comedian —not some pretty little ingénue.2009 October 13, Susie Essman, What Would Susie Say?: Bullsh*t Wisdom About Love, Life and Comedy, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN. From the entry castable
  • But Philip still yearns for an old flame: Schiffer, an Oscar-winning actress.2008 September 25, Lev Grossman, “Text and the City”, in Time. From the entry old flame
  • Streep, one of the few actresses who refuses to hire a stylist, was in on the joke.2007 February 26, Eric Wilson, “Red Carpet Recycling: Who Said Knockoff?”, in New York Times. From the entry radzimire
  • The actress, 31, also pooh-poohs the notion that she's robbing the cradle with Timberlake, 22.2004 January 8, Karen Thomas, “Cameron won't pull a Britney”, in USA Today. From the entry rob the cradle
  • She tells me that Marilyn is the name of a famous actress who's now dead.1993, Nuruddin Farah, Gifts, Arcade Publishing, published 1999, →ISBN, page 71. From the entry Marilyn
  • Vātsyāyana refers to Ahalyā as the active actress in the scene of adultery with Indra.1988, Kalyan Kumar Dasgupta et al., Sraddhānjali, Studies in Ancient Indian History: D.C. Sircar Commemoration Volume. From the entry licentuous
  • In legitimate comedy actresses conformed to a Victorian image of coquetry.1983, Chad Evans, “The Road to British Columbia”, in Frontier Theatre: A History of Nineteenth-century Theatrical Entertainment in the…. From the entry endearing
  • "Put an actress in knock-out clothes and she'll come through like gangbusters."1954 December 9, Hedda Hopper, “Chandler, Baxter 'Spoilers' Costars”, in Los Angeles Times, page B12. From the entry like gangbusters
  • 'Lind Arden was a great genius, one of the greatest tragic actresses in the world.1934, Agatha Christie, chapter 6, in Murder on the Orient Express, London: HarperCollins, published 2017, page 118. From the entry touch
  • And Hattie Fuller makes me think, somehow, of a burlesque actress.1922, Edna Ferber, Gigolo, Plain Label Books, page 103. From the entry Hattie
  • There are lots of great actresses who dress beautifully, but in the modern day, nearly all of them use stylists.2025 October 11, Stephanie Zacharek, “The Astonishing Versatility of Diane Keaton”, in TIME. From the entry expression
  • Tobias had been in love with the Greek director Nico Papatakis, who had been married to the French actress Anouk Aimeé.2025, Laurence Leamer, Warhol's Muses..., page 96. From the entry Nico
  • McGregor plays Count Alexander Rostov in the new Paramount+ series “A Gentleman in Moscow,” while Winstead plays actress Anna Urbanova.2024 March 19, Jack Guy, “Ewan McGregor says he had an intimacy coordinator for sex scenes with his wife”, in CNN. From the entry McGregor
  • If you compare the great actress Vilma to a durian, you do not know what you're talking about.2021, Gina Apostol, The Revolution According to Raymundo Mata, page 28. From the entry Vilmanian

Meaning of actress

  1. noun A female who performs on the stage or in films.
  2. noun A female doer or "actor" (in a general sense).

Full definition of actress

Questions about actress in a sentence

How do you use actress in a sentence?
Actress is used as a noun. For example: “The actress has a great skill of being able to inflect her voice to any situation.”
What is a short sentence with actress?
“The actress gave a stellar performance.”
What does actress mean?
Actress means a female who performs on the stage or in films.

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